EFCC Grills Doyin Okupe For Receiving N85m From Dasuki

    

A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe,has been under interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes commissions over N85m payment he received from former NSA Col Dasuki in the past one week.

He was privileged to report from his home due to a heart condition he suffers.

According to EFCC source,“Okupe was quizzed over N50m which he collected in cash from the former NSA, without record or accountability. Another company that is linked to Okupe, Abraham Telecoms Limited, allegedly received N35.5m from the NSA through the CBN.

“We also got evidence that a company owned by him, Romic Soil Fix International Limited, received N63m from Chanchaga Local Government council of Niger State and another N13.5m from the same council, for reasons that are not stated.

“We were told that the payments from Chanchaga Local Government to Romic were made on November 21, 2014, during the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election and February 13, 2015, just before the general elections.

“He has not been able to explain the receipts and has been asked to be reporting at intervals. The reason he is not detained is because he claimed to have a heart condition and presented a medical report to back up the claim.”

Okupe had earlier denied participating sharing of the arms money which cost Nigeria $15bn 
Okupe said, “I was not paid arms deal money. The NSA paid for the running of my office monthly from August 2012. Dasukigate was in 2014. I did not take part in the campaign.”