The retired Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi's hope of regaining his freedom after meeting his bail conditions was on Wednesday dashed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Dokpesi had been asked by the anti graft agency to surrender his travel documents and provide two directors in the Federal Civil Service as sureties for his bail.
However, having met his bail conditions on Wednesday, Dokpesi and his lawyer, Mr Mike Ozekhome were shocked to be told that the EFCC had secured a holding order from a magistrate court to keep him in detention.
“We got the two sureties today and we were ready to meet all the bail conditions before the EFCC told us they were able to get a holding charge warrant from a magistrate,” said Ozekhome.
He added that no formal charges have so far been preferred against his client.
“We are yet to know the charges levelled against Chief Dokpesi and he himself has told me that no charges were preferred against him,” he said.
Dokpesi was arrested by EFCC on Tuesday in connection with over N2b arms procurement fund allegedly traced to him from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki. Both men are being questioned by the anti graft agency over the reasons for the payment.
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