Chairman of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Raymond Dokpesi has been charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after being accused of participating in an alleged $2 billion arms deal fraud.
Dokpesi was charged with six-counts of money laundering, misappropriation of public funds among others before the Federal High Court in Abuja today, December 9, 2015.
Presiding judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered that he be remanded in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application, tomorrow December 10.
Dokpesi is alleged to have received N2.1bllion out of the allegedly laundered funds and has claimed that it was meant for publicity for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2015 elections campaign.
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