Raymond Dokpesi, the director
general of Ibrahim Babangida’s
presidential campaign
organisation, maintained at a
Federal High Court in Abuja
yesterday that he had no
connection with the
Independence Day bomb blast
which killed 19 people.

The State Security Service (SSS)
had detained Mr Dokpesi shortly after two car bombs exploded in Abuja on October 1. The service defended its questioning of Mr Dokpesi, saying he had exchanged texts messages with some of the persons suspected of complicity in the twin blasts.