'I never got along with Dasuki, he pushed me out of the re-election campaign' - Okupe

Former Presidential spokesperson to former
president Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has denied
media reports that some companies linked to him
got contracts from the office of the former NSA
Sambo Dasuki. In a statement which he released
yesterday January 19th, Okupe said he never got
along with Dasuki during their time in
government. His statement reads in part;
"Unknown to many Nigerians, and quite
usual with politics at the top, for reasons
not clearly defined, I never got along well
with colonel Dasuki retired. In fact, he twice
told me to my face that he will get Alhaji
Gulak and myself out of former president
Jonathan’s administration.
Colonel Dasuki would never have patronised
me or any associate of mine. It was for
this reason I was totally schemed out from
the entire presidential campaign in 2015.
Mr Ilan Salman is my friend and we did
business together few years ago. But I have
not had any business dealing with him
since 2007 when he resigned his
membership of the company we formed
together. The name of his offshore
company Romix Technology and the
company we ran together Romix Soilfix
International Limited, bear similar first
names ‘Romix’. But that is where the
similarities end. “Mr Ilan apparently
registered his new company, Romix
Technologies after he resigned from Romix
Soilfix International Limited in 2007. He
probably used this name because we both
loved the name ‘Romix’. Even when our
South African partners from whom we
derived the name Romix Soilfix broke up
and told us to drop the name, we both
flatly refused. It is for this reason that
after Mr Ilan left the company, I also went
ahead and registered two more companies
named Romix farms limited and Romix
homes limited. Romix Technologies is an
offshore company registered in Cyprus. I
am not the owner, I have no relationship
with it neither do I have any financial
interest. I had no knowledge of their bidding
for contracts from the office of the
National Security Adviser, I was not
informed when they were awarded any
contract neither was I in the know of what
and when they were paid. I have not
benefited financially from the proceeds of
payment for the said contract neither can
any money be traced to me, or any of my
family members or associates.” the
statement read