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Two witnesses say Raymond Dokpesi, chairman of DAAR Investment and Holdings limited, spent millions of naira on generators and security doors of his offices.

They said this on Thursday at a federal high court, Abuja, after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) called them to testify in the N2.1bn fraud charges levelled against Dokpesi.

The funds were allegedly collected from the office of national security adviser (NSA).

The two witnesses are Peter Imoekor, manager of Mikano International  Ltd, Abuja branch, and Fabian Ozoemina, managing director of Gilgal Concepts limited.

Imoekor said Dokpesi paid N3 million in cash for a transformer in 2015.

He also said same year, DAAR Group bought two units of generating sets at N11.6 million for his house in Edo state.

“The transaction was in respect of four units of 140KVA Basic (open type). Each costs N3.5m and they all totalled N14m. DAAR made payment for all. The payment was made in two tranches of N7m each through First Bank drafts,” the witness said.

“On March 19, 2015, they came to exchange three of the ‘Basic’ generators with soundproof type and paid the difference of N6, 350,000 through UBA Plc. Then on March 30, 2015, delivery was made. We delivered them to Sokoto and Gusau, capital of Zamfara state.

“In the same March, they made a request for the purchase of two units of 200KVA basic generator and payment of N11,657,240 was made through transfer and delivery was made to his (Dokpesi’s) house in Otuake quarters, Agenebode in Edo state.

“In August 2015 payment for 500KVA electric transformer was made.The amount paid was in cash. It was N3,073,200. This time the receipt was issued in his name, that is, high chief Raymond Dokpesi’s name.

“Then a memo was issued to the head office of Mikano International Limited for delivery in Agenebode Edo State. It was subsequently delivered.”

Dokpesi is one of the chairmanship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).