Founder of Daar Communication, made up of Ray Power and AIT, Aleogho Dokpesi, has admitted that he actually collected the sum of N2.1 Million from the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Desuki but it was payment for for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.
Dopkesi, in a statement signed by the management of DAAR Communications Plc, said that 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.
The management explained what transpired yesterday, December 1, saying that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Dokpesi at about 2.00pm through a phone call.
The statement said that on getting there, he was requested to, “shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the office of the erstwhile NSA”
“Dokpesi explained to the EFCC officials that the N2.1 billion that he collected from the former NSA was payment for for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.”
A special panel and the EFCC are probing how trillions of naira budgeted for defence were spent in the last eight years. An interim report by the panel already reported phoney contracts in excess of $2 billion. [myad]
