Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has revealed that his office was funded monthly by the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).

He, however, denied being a part of the arms scam which cost the country over $15bn in stolen funds.

"I was not paid arms deal money.NSA paid 4 running of my office monthly from Aug 2012.Dasuki gate was in 2014.I Did not take part in campaign," Okupe tweeted. 

His statement was considered inflammatory by some of his followers, who wasted no time to bash him:

“You’re just implicating yourself. Is it the NSA office that employed you?”

“You probably mistake some of us for hungry people. A day will come when you won’t be able to sleep because poor people are outside your gate.”

Okupe lashed back.

“You guys are idiotic. You wait and pray for the innocent to be punished. It will not happen. You must think some of us are terrified," he said.

In January, reports said Okupe got at least N1.6bn off Dasuki in three shady cyber security contracts.