Chairman, Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, who is being prosecuted
by the EFCC before Justice John Tsoho of a Federal High Court, Abuja has
been ordered to open his defence on February 20, 2019. Dokpesi
alongside DAAR Investment and Holdings Ltd, owners of African
Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower are being prosecuted by the
EFCC, on a six-count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and
breach of public trust. He is alleged to have received N2.1billion from
the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, between October 2014
and March 2015, during tenure of Col Sambo Dasuki (retd) as NSA for
services not rendered. The EFCC had through its 12th witness, Abubakar
Aliyu Madaki, led in evidence by Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, stressed that the
defendant “did not do any contract but was paid”. However, rather than
open its case, the media mogul had through his counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN,
filed a "no-case" submission arguing that his client had no case to
answer in the alleged fraud. At today's proceeding, Justice Tsoho, after
going through all the arguments and counter-arguments, dismissed his
"no-case" application and ordered him to open his defence at the next
adjourned date. “I hereby strike out the application,” the judge said,
stressing that Dokpesi's claim that he had no case to answer could not
be substantiated and so was a false claimThe post Alleged N2.1bn ONSA Fraud.Alleged N2.1bn ONSA Fraud: Federal High Court orders Raymond Dokpesi to open his defence in February 2019
Chairman, Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, who is being prosecuted
by the EFCC before Justice John Tsoho of a Federal High Court, Abuja has
been ordered to open his defence on February 20, 2019. Dokpesi
alongside DAAR Investment and Holdings Ltd, owners of African
Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower are being prosecuted by the
EFCC, on a six-count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and
breach of public trust. He is alleged to have received N2.1billion from
the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, between October 2014
and March 2015, during tenure of Col Sambo Dasuki (retd) as NSA for
services not rendered. The EFCC had through its 12th witness, Abubakar
Aliyu Madaki, led in evidence by Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, stressed that the
defendant “did not do any contract but was paid”. However, rather than
open its case, the media mogul had through his counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN,
filed a "no-case" submission arguing that his client had no case to
answer in the alleged fraud. At today's proceeding, Justice Tsoho, after
going through all the arguments and counter-arguments, dismissed his
"no-case" application and ordered him to open his defence at the next
adjourned date. “I hereby strike out the application,” the judge said,
stressing that Dokpesi's claim that he had no case to answer could not
be substantiated and so was a false claimThe post Alleged N2.1bn ONSA Fraud.
