Dasukigate: Okupe denies involvement in arms deal
– Doyin Okupe has denied media reports that he his been probed by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
– Media reports state that the former senior special assistant is been probed by EFCC over payment to Daar communications Ltd and his involvement in the $2.1 billion Dasuki gate
– Online newspapers claim EFCC has written to the presidency over the involvement of his former office
Doyin Okupe
Former senior special assistant on public affairs to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has denied media reports that he his been probed by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over payment to Daar communications Ltd and the $2.1 billion Dasuki gate.
Okupe was reacting to media reports by online newspapers that the EFCC had written to the presidency to investigate the involvement of his former office, office of the special assistant to the President on public affairs in the case.
The former presidential spokesman, has now written a formal statement in response to the allegations against him, which he said that his office lacked the capacity to award contracts.
Read Okupe’s full statement below as posted on his Facebook page:
My attention has been drawn to publications in Nigerian Newsdesk and Today ng. stating that EFCC is probing me with…
Posted by Doyin Okupe on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Meanwhile, Okupe, has replied Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who claimed that the previous administration did not construct a single road in the last 10 years.
Okupe explained that the efforts of the previous government in the last decade were devoted to the repair of roads as over 70% of them were completely unmotorable. However, he also listed new roads that were constructed by the federal government between 2006 and 2015.
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