Wednesday, 9 December 2015

DOKPESI PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO N2.1B FRAUD; COURT ORDERS HIM REMANDED IN EFCC CUSTODY

Former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been docked before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged N2.1billion fraud.

He is answering to a 6-count criminal charge that was preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Dokpesi was arraigned before trial Justice Gabriel Kolawole along with his firm, Daar Investment and Holdings Ltd.

The anti-graft agency alleged that he received about N2.1billion from the office of the National Security Adviser between October 2014 and March 19, 2015, specifically for PDP’s presidential media campaign.

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