Explaining that he was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), DAAR Communication (Ray Power and AIT) founder, Chief Aleogho Dokpesi, Wednesday, opened up on the circumstances surrounding his arrest by the anti-graft agency, Tuesday.
In a statement signed by Management of DAAR Communications Plc, Dokpesi said that ‘around 2.00pm that day (Tuesday), the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, through a phone call, invited him to the Commission.’
According to Dokpesi, on getting there, he was requested 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.’
Dokpesi explained to the EFCC officials that ‘the N2.1 billion that he collected from the former NSA was payment for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.’
According to EFCC, Dokpesi ‘made his statement on the various media exposures and campaign transactions which were dutifully carried out based essentially on contractual obligations/relationship.’
The statement, however, did not explain how the office of the National Security Adviser became the cashier office for the payment of campaign expenses and the source of the money.
A 13-man investigative panel into arms procurement for the armed forces set up by President Muhammadu Buhari is probing various purchases of weapons and other military hardware for the security forces from 2006 to 2015. The panel is working alongside the EFCC.
However, an interim report by the panel has indicted Dasuki along with others for dubious deals estimated to be over $2 billion.
