Justice Gabriel Kolawole has ordered that Raymond Dokpesi be remanded
in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application by 12:30pm
on Thursday.
The media mogul was formally arraigned at the Federal High Court in
Abuja on a six-count charge which include money laundering and fraud.
The prosecution led by Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), accused him of
receiving, N2.1bn from the office of the National Security Adviser
between October 2014 and March 19, 2015 for the Peoples Democratic
Party’s presidential media campaign in breach of provisions of the
Public Procurement Act, Money laundering Act and the EFCC Act.
Justice Kolawole has fixed trial for February 17, 18 and March 2 and 3.
Dokpesi, the Chairman of DAAR Communications, owners of African
Independent Television, AIT and Raypower, was on December 1 invited and
arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in
Abuja, over money disbursed by the former National Security Adviser,
Sambo Dasuki.
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