The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has been grilling a former Senior Special Assistant to
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, for
the last one week for allegedly receiving N85m from embattled former
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)
The EFCC, however, did not detain him
but afforded him the privilege of coming from home due to a heart
condition Okupe reportedly suffers.
Apart from allegedly receiving money
from Dasuki, the former presidential aide is also accused of receiving
dubious contracts to the tune of N76m from a local council in Niger
State.
According to investigators at the
anti-graft agency, Okupe was first invited on June 22, 2016 over fresh
allegations bordering on illicit payments received from the account of
the Office of the National Security Adviser, which is domiciled at the
Central Bank of Nigeria.
A source at the EFCC said, “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 c
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