ADVERTISEMENT

'How Dokpesi spent N6m on hotel accommodation, feeding' - Witness

The witness said Dokpesi issued a cheque of N6 million to Top Rank Hotels to cover the accommodation and feeding of some former councilors.

Raymond Dokpesi

The witness, Mr. Johnson Ejohwemu, was on Wednesday, May 24, testifying as the fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Dokpesi alongside Daar Investment and Holdings Limited.

He said Dokpesi lodged the people in the hotel in February 2015.

According to him, he was then the Chief Accountant of Top Rank Hotels Limited, Area 11, Garki branch, Abuja, where the ex-councillors were lodged.

ADVERTISEMENT

Ejohwemu said he was the Chief Accountant of the branch of the hotel from 1999 till March 2017.

Dokpesi and his company are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on six counts bordering on the sum of N2.1 billion which they allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser between January and March 2015.

Sambo Dasuki, the embattled ex-NSA was said to have overseen the disbursement of the funds to PDP politicians across the country for campaigns and other 'operations' ahead of the 2015 presidential election.

The EFCC accused Dokpesi and his company of money laundering and other charges relating to procurement fraud.

ADVERTISEMENT

Dokpesi allegedly received the sum of N2.12 billion from ONSA to push former president Goodluck Jonathan's  presidential media campaigns.

Dasuki allegedly gave the money to Dokpesi as payment for a "purported contract on presidential media initiative."

The prosecution witness, Ejohwemu, who was led by the prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), said Dokpesi issued a cheque of N6 million to Top Rank Hotels to cover the accommodation and feeding of some former councilors.

The councilors were said to be delegates to an undisclosed event.

JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!

Unblock notifications in browser settings.
ADVERTISEMENT

Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:

Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng

Recommended articles

Perpetrators must face the law - Plateau com demands Justice for minor's murder

Perpetrators must face the law - Plateau com demands Justice for minor's murder

Peter Obi breaking fast with Muslims in Abuja mosque gets Nigerians talking

Peter Obi breaking fast with Muslims in Abuja mosque gets Nigerians talking

Video of weird school competition shows young students licking one another's feet

Video of weird school competition shows young students licking one another's feet

UniCal records highest number of first class graduates in 49 years

UniCal records highest number of first class graduates in 49 years

Army announces names of 17 soldiers killed in shocking Delta attack

Army announces names of 17 soldiers killed in shocking Delta attack

Ooni wants Ile-Ife, Modakeke indigenes to live together peacefully

Ooni wants Ile-Ife, Modakeke indigenes to live together peacefully

'Politics is not about being negative every time' — Peter Obi

'Politics is not about being negative every time' — Peter Obi

Army thinks Okuama community planned shocking murder of 16 soldiers in Delta

Army thinks Okuama community planned shocking murder of 16 soldiers in Delta

27,600 Benue women to receive grants, loans for business growth, self reliant

27,600 Benue women to receive grants, loans for business growth, self reliant

Pulse Sports

Super Eagles Bright Osayi-Samuel punches pitch invader as violence erupts following Trabzonspor vs Fenerbahce

Super Eagles Bright Osayi-Samuel punches pitch invader as violence erupts following Trabzonspor vs Fenerbahce

Naija Stars Abroad: Moffi, Chukwueze battle Oshoala, Echegini for POTW

Naija Stars Abroad: Moffi, Chukwueze battle Oshoala, Echegini for POTW

Report: Super Eagles get new coach for Ghana and Mali clash

Report: Super Eagles get new coach for Ghana and Mali clash

Osimhen misses out on N17b payday after Napoli's UCL loss to Barcelona

Osimhen misses out on N17b payday after Napoli's UCL loss to Barcelona

‘Thank you’ - Osimhen’s girlfriend Stefanie Ladewig grateful for being the mother of his child

‘Thank you’ - Osimhen’s girlfriend Stefanie Ladewig grateful for being the mother of his child

4 reasons why Victor Osimhen should choose Arsenal over Chelsea, Manchester United and PSG

4 reasons why Victor Osimhen should choose Arsenal over Chelsea, Manchester United and PSG

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT