'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
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