Gabriel Agorye, the prosecution
witness in the trial of former Chairman of DAAR Communication, Raymond Dokpesi,
has opened up on how he withdrew N40 million from his First Bank account.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commissions, EFCC, had charged Dokpesi to a Federal High Court, sitting in
Abuja, over an alleged N2.1bn fraud.
Agorye, who is the 11th
prosecution witness, said that he was Dokpesi’s personal assistant and ran
errands for him.
He was led in evidence by the
prosecuting lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs.
The witness also said some monies
were paid into his personal account which he withdrew and gave to Dokpesi.
The witness told the court that
he did not know the source of the monies that he withdrew for Dokpesi’s from
his account.
According to him, he did not know
if the money was a proceed of an illegitimate transaction.
“I cannot say that the source of
the money was illegitimate, and I do not know the uses to which the monies were
put to,” the witness said.
The trial judge, John Tsoho,
discharged the witness and adjourned the matter till February 6 and February 7
for continuation of the matter.
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the real crime is that not 1 of the 2.1 bl went to the shareholders or the employees that are owed over 1 year in back pay at AIT
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