My father never bidded for any arms contract during Jonathan's govt- Dokpesi's son

Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, the son of embattled
chairman of DAAR group, Chief Raymond Dokpesi
has released a statement distancing his father
from the controversial $2.1 billion arms deal
scandal.
According to a statement released titled "The
Continued Detention of High Chief Raymond
Dokpesi by The EFCC on Allegations of Money
Laundering" which was signed by him, he said his
father was only contracted to develop a Multi
Media Strategic Development Support Project to
promote and project the achievements and
highlight the challenges of former president
Jonathan's government. He says in the statement
that his father is not a contractor with the
Ministry of Defence and does not supply arms.
The full text of the statement after the cut...
THE CONTINUED DETENTION OF HIGH CHIEF
RAYMOND DOKPESI BY THE EFCC ON
ALLEGATIONS OF MONEY LAUNDERING
1. It has become very imperative that following
an article published in the Nation Newspaper and
reprinted in other online and social media, that we
provide more clarification on the current detention
without trial of Dr. Raymond Dokpesi by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC
in Abuja over allegations of Criminal Conspiracy
and Money Laundering.
2. In the first place there is no iota of truth
whatsoever that Dr. Dokpesi had a hand in any
transaction with the former National Security
Adviser regarding the purchase of arms, locally or
internationally. This falsehood has become
commonplace as his detention is constantly being
associated with what has generally become
known by the media as the $2.1 Billion US Dollars
Arms Deal Scandal.
3. We will like to make it abundantly clear that Dr.
Dokpesi's DAAR INVESTMENT & HOLDINGS
COMPANY LTD, initiated a proposal to the
Presidency of Former President Goodluck
Jonathan proposing a Multi Media Strategic
Development Support Project to promote and
project the achievements and highlight the
challenges of his government whilst demystifying
false information gleefully circulated by the
propaganda machinery of the then opposition
party.
4. The proposal was submitted to the Former
President in person by Dr. Dokpesi and his team
in the presence of the Former Vice President and
the Former National Security Adviser at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja. We must further
emphasize that the proposal had absolutely
nothing to do with the Peoples' Democratic Party
(PDP), nor the Presidential Campaign Council
(PCC).
5. We understand that this proposal was
thoroughly studied, approved and paid for by the
Presidency through the office of the National
Security Adviser which to the best of our
knowledge has multiple budgetary sub-heads
including for the promotion and propagation of
information to sustain and stabilize the
government and its administration.
6. We are still at a loss as to why a Federal
Government that claims to have been popularly
elected only about six months ago, will embark on
a wide scale propaganda, misinformation and
brazen falsehood just to achieve its objective of
decimating its perceived political opponents and
supporters of the previous government's
administration.
7. High Chief Raymond Dokpesi remains a law
abiding and consummate patriot who has served
his fatherland to the best of his ability with Zeal,
Zest and oftentimes a very infectious sense of
patriotism.
8. For the avoidance of doubt, Dr Dokpesi has
never applied nor bidded for a contract for the
purchase of arms. Nor has he ever been
registered with the Ministry of Defence for the
similar objective of engaging in the supply of
Arms for the Government. Unfolding events will
soon prove irrefutably and unlike what fictious
stories are being fed to the media as published
by The Nation Newspaper on Friday 4th December
2015.
9. We urge the Buhari-led APC Government to
rigorously investigate all political and economic
crimes thoroughly before embarking on a media
trial and sentencing even before the law courts of
Nigeria have an opportunity to adjudicate.
10. Our democracy must grow on all fronts but
more so under the rule of law which remains the
bedrock of any democratic system.
Signed
Raymond Dokpesi Jnr.
For the Dokpesi family