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‘Dokpesi is being held with onerous bail conditions’ – Family Releases Statement On EFCC Arrest (READ)

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The Chairman of DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi was taken into the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, December 1, 2015.

The arrest is in connection with the alleged N60 billion arms purchase deal fraud involving the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. It is said that N2.1 billion was paid to Dokpesi on the instructions of Dasuki.

The Dokpesi famly, in a statement signed by Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, stated that the media mogul went to EFCC on his own accord following a phone invitation by the anti-graft agency’s boss, Ibrahim Magu.

The statement further states that after clarifying the issues on the cash payments made through the office of the former NSA, EFCC is still holding Dokpesi.

The statement read:

On Monday Nov 30, 2015 whilst attending the 70th birthday celebration of former Minister and PDP stalwart, Professor Jerry Gana, the Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc. received a telephone call from the Ag. Chairman of EFCC Ibrahim Magu inviting him to visit the EFCC Headquarters to provide some clarifications and documentation regarding some transactions involving the Office of the erstwhile NSA during the 2015 Presidential election campaigns.

On Tuesday Dec 1, 2015 around 2.00pm, High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi honored the verbal telephone invitation and voluntarily drove himself to the EFCC Headquarters in the company of his son, Raymond Dokpesi Jr and a legal representative of the Chambers of Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in the person of Barrister Justin Omogbemeh.

It is pertinent to state that the contrary to news reports, he wasn’t arrested nor was he even formally invited, as there is no letter of invitation.

At the commission, he was requested to shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the office of the erstwhile National Security Officer to the former President, Mallam Sambo Dasuki. High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi made his statement on the various media exposures and campaign transactions, which were dutifully carried out across most broadcast, print and social media in and outside Nigeria.

Surprisingly, rather than being allowed to go home, a free man, or at most on administrative bail, in self recognizance, High Chief Dokpesi was kept by EFCC operatives, with onerous bail conditions imposed for his release. It is theses conditions that we are now attempting to perfect for his immediate release.

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