Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on Wednesday arraigned a former Chairman of DAAR
Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, before a Federal High Court
in Abuja on six counts of money laundering and procurement fraud
related charges.
Dokpesi who was arraigned along with his firm, Daar Investment and Holdings Ltd, pleaded not guilty to all the six counts.
After Dokpesi took his plea on
Wednesday, Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered that he be remanded in EFCC
custody pending the hearing of his bail application by 12.30pm on
Thursday.,
The prosecution led by Mr. Rotimi Jacobs
(SAN), accused the defendants 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.
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