EFCC Fails To Release Dokpesi Over Allegation of N2B Arms Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, failed to
release the Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond
Dokpesi, after meeting his bail conditions, LEADERSHIP Friday has
learnt.
One of the
conditions was for the media mogul to surrender his travel documents to
the EFCC and produce two directors in the Federal Civil Service as
sureties, a condition he met earlier today, according to his lawyers.
According to his
lawyer, senior advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, they were shocked to
be told that the agency had secured a holding warrant from a magistrate
court to keep his client in detention after perfecting his bail
conditions.
"We got the two
sureties today (yesterday) and we were ready to meet all the bail
conditions before the EFCC told us they were able to get a holding
charge warrant from a magistrate."
Recall that Dokpesi
was arrested in connection to the outcome of a presidential
investigations committee on arms procurement during the administration
of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Meanwhile, the EFCC
has arraigned a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi and seven
other staff of the agency including Captain Eziekiel Agaba, Executive
Director and their two companies before Justice Salihu Sa'idu of the
Federal High Court Lagos, on a 30-count charge bordering on conspiracy,
fraudulent conversion of funds and money laundering.
Others are Ekene
Nwakuche, Felix Bob-Nabena, Captain Warredi Enisuoh, Governor Amechee
Juan, Ugo Frederick, Timi Alari, Alkenzo Limited and Penniel Engineering
Services Limited.
The accused persons
allegedly conspired to convert and launder several sums of money
running into billions of naira under the guise of providing security
intelligence around the Maritime domain.
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