The Federal Government Lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, on Thursday told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that government is currently investigating business mogul, Raymond Dokpesi over his alleged involvement in another N8bn fraud.
He told the court that the Federal Government was in the course of rounding off its probe into a fresh allegation of N8.4bn Dokpesi collected from the Goodluck Jonathan’s-led government for airing the FIFA U17 championship which Nigeria hosted in January 27,2012.
Jacob said despite FIFA granting the airing right to DAAR Communication without the Federal Government being a party to the contract, Dokpesi still allegedly collected the sum of N8b from the government for the same contract.
He made this known while arguing against Dokpesi’s bail application.
Dokpesi, alongside his company, Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited, were arraigned on Wednesday on a six-count charge.
The media mogul was alleged to have unlawfully receiving N2.1bn from former National Security Adviser, NSA, Mohammed Sambo Dasuki.
Dokpesi however pleaded not gilty and applied for bail.
Jacobs, who is the lead prosecution lawyer in Dokpesi’s trial while arguing against the bail application told the court that granting the suspects application will prejudice investigation into the N8b allegation.
He urged the court to take a judicial look at the government’s affidavit evidence, which indicated that no contract paper was exchanged by Dokpesi and any agent of the government when the N2.1b was paid to him.
Faulting the claim of ill health by the former Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited boss, Jacobs stressed that not only did he fail to disclose the nature of his illness, the letter of appointment with the physicians by Dokpesi was sent on December 5 when he was already in EFCC custody.
Jacob added that going by the charges, Dokpesi risked a jail term of seven years upon conviction and as such he should not be granted bail.
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