Chief Raymond Dokpesi
ONE of the key suspects in the $2billion “phoney” arms contracts has admitted receiving N2.1billion from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communication (Ray Power and AIT), told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that the cash was payment for publicity.
A statement issued yesterday by the management of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power, said that after receiving a telephone call from the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday, Dokpesi voluntarily responded to the invitation by calling at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.
Dokpesi was asked to ”shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the office of the erstwhile National Security Adviser to the former President, Malam Sambo Dasuki”.
According to the statement, Dokpesi told the EFCC officials that the N2.1 billion he collected from the former NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), was payment “for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.”
“He made his statement on the various media exposures and campaign transactions which were dutifully carried out based essentially on contractual obligations/relationship,” it added.