The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to free the Chairman of Daar Communications Pls, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, after meeting his bail conditions.
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.
His lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome, said they were shocked to be told that the agency had secure a holding warrant from a magistrate court to keep his client in detention after perfecting his bail conditions.
“We got the two sureties today 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.”
The senior advocate of Nigeria said a magistrate judge has no powers to issue a holding charge warrant. He also said neither Mr. Dokpesi nor himself had been made aware of any charges yet.
“We are yet to know the charges levelled against Chief Dokpesi and he himself has told me that no charges were preferred against him,” he said.
Mr. Dokpesi’s arrest is in connection to the outcome of a presidential investigations committee on arms procurement during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Dokpesi is reported to have told his interrogators that he got the payment for media work but did not elaborate.
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Posted: at 2-12-2015 10:50 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Wikigenius at 2-12-2015 10:55 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Se ait go fit show dia boss's crime?
Posted: at 2-12-2015 10:55 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
This is what am tlking about, one legal pratitional was on Ait this night about Dopesi arrest. this man was dangote friends or what so ever, he knw what did against Apc and buhari when jonathan was still in power.
Posted: at 2-12-2015 11:24 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
All this accident that is happening are not behind ex~president Goodluck, i knw his the one that tender all the list of all of them to buhari. so that what make buhari work to easy. they are still many to be arrest.
Posted: at 2-12-2015 11:27 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
sonofman25 at 3-12-2015 07:06 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Dokpesi explained to the EFCC official that ”the N2.1 billion that he collected from the former NSA was payment for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 general elections.” YEYE. And some1 said dey should not detain him.
Posted: at 3-12-2015 07:06 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming