Revealed: How Dokpesi spent N6 million to host ex-councillors under Jonathan
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2:36 pm
A prosecution witness has told a Federal High Court in Abuja how Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of the African Independent Television, spent N6 million from the arms deal funds to lodge members of the ex-councillors forum in a hotel in Abuja.
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