There were indications on Tuesday that the owner of Daar Communications Plc, operators of African Independent Television and Ray Power, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in connection with the ongoing probe into an arms deal worth over $2.9 billion.
The arms deal was allegedly struck during the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Dokpesi was a confidant of Dr. Jonathan while in power.
The National Security Adviser during the tenure of Jonathan, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, was earlier on Monday moved from house arrest in his Abuja home into the facility of the Department of State Services in connection with the ongoing probe into the arms deal.
Available information had it that Dasuki voluntarily followed the DSS operatives who had laid siege to his home since November 4.
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