Abubakar Aliyu, a witness in the
ongoing trial of the founder of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, has
revealed how the AIT boss allegedly used parts of the money he was accused of
diverting from the office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
Dokpesi was accused by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of using Daar Communications Limited
to divert N2.1 billion from the account of the office of the then NSA, Sambo
Dasuki.
The witness, who is an
investigative officer with the EFCC, told an Abuja Division of the Federal High
Court that Dokpesi transferred some funds to certain beneficiaries for the
purpose of obtaining the International Conference Centre for use by the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
Among the alleged beneficiaries
were Abubakar Jawa. Mr. Aliyu said Mr. Jawa confirmed receiving N100 million
from Mr. Dokpesi in the form of a loan.
“Investigations revealed that N8.1
million of the amount was used for political jingles for the PDP. N4.5 million
was given to him (Martins) as a long service staff and as accident bonus for
sustaining injury in the course of his official duty for AIT in Yola.
“The sum of N4.3 million and N2.7
million, respectively was used for the extension and electricity installation
in the AIT Zonal office Yola. N1.3 million was used to dig a borehole in AIT’s
office in Yola.
“Other beneficiaries, including
Oluwatosin Dokpesi, a wife of the first defendant, benefited over N100 million.
Gabriel Agorie and Godfrey Osifo are all staff of the first and second
defendants. From the records submitted by the first defendant and the bank,
they had received so much funds from the same accounts both through transfer
and cash. They are the resource people, as claimed by the first defendant.
“Trendy Shade Nigeria Limited was
discovered to be one of the beneficiaries in the course of the Investigation,”
said Mr. Aliyu who added that a woman simply identified as Bose (because the
witness could not pronounce her last name), confirmed the payment of N46
million in five trenches to Trendy Shades.
“The total amount paid to the
company is N230 million by the second defendant on the instructions of the
first defendant,” Mr. Aliyu said.
According to the witness, the
various funds were paid from the account of the NSA domiciled at the Central
Bank ofNigeria with final instructions from the office of the NSA. He added
that the funds were reportedly paid for rebranding the image of the PDP.
The witness added that another
sum of N400 million was paid to a beneficiary on January 23, 2015 while N30
million was paid in cash to Godfrey Osifo, among other payments.
“There were also print and
electronic media in the original proposal by the first defendant. He claimed
they were going to carry out media activities.
“For those who we were able to
get their addresses, we wrote to them. Some of them are Silverbird, Kiss FM,
Punch, Guardian, Peoples Media Limited, Media Trust, Liberty Radio, Abuja
Broadcasting Corporation, among others.”
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