The Nigerian Immigration Service has shared why the owner of Daar communications and prominent member of the opposition Party, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Raymond Dokpesi, was picked up at the airport on Wednesday by its operatives upon return to the country.
The Comptroller -General of the commission, Mohammed Babandede,
shared that it was left in the dark as regards how Dokpesi who is on the
watchlist of the Institution left the country. He added that since his
passport has been seized by a law court, how did he stamp it before
leaving the country???
In his own word:
- He did not say he was asked about how he left the country without his passport being stamped.
- Nigerian immigration regulations require that a person going out or
coming into the country must be cleared to do so by Immigration
service. - “We do not know how he left the country — whether through the land, air or sea
Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi who is a Nigerian media businessman was
born in 1951 in Ibadan, Nigeria. His parents are from Agenebode, Edo
state in a family including six sisters siblings. He entered the
Nigerian mass media industry with his company DAAR Communications and
set-up the Nigerian TV network Africa Independent Television (AIT).He
was the organising committee chairman of the People’s Democratic Party
national conference in 2015.Dr. Raymond Dokpesi started as the personal
assistant to Alhaji Bamaga Tukur one of the general manager of the
Nigerian Ports Authority.
Dokpesi also served as a civil servant in the Federal Ministry of
Transport under Alhaji Umaru Dikko and General Garba Wushishi. The
association of Raymond Dokpesi with the likes of the Tukurs and the late
Abiola, resulted in the birth of African Ocean Lines (AOL).
Dokpesi also has his hands in politics. One of his first political
assignments was as a political campaign manager for the Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, which saw Tukur into the then Gongola state government house. He
also assumed the same role during Alharji Adamu Ciroma presidential
campaign, and Alharji Bamanga Tukur’s presidential campaign in 1993.
Likewise during Peter Odili’s presidential campaign. Dokpesi was one
of the leaders of the South-South People Assembly (SSPA) an organisation
that seeks to promote south-south people of Nigeria.
In November 11, 2015 Dokpesi, on behalf of the PDP party, made a
public apology due to the mismanagement of Nigeria under the PDP
governments. “Make no mistake, the PDP is aware that there were errors
made along the way. We admit that at certain times in our past, mistakes
have been made; we did not meet the expectations of Nigerians. We
tender an apology.
But the past is exactly what it is. We call on all party faithful,
supporters and sympathisers to partner us going forward. He also
criticised the PDP for fielding Jonathan Goodluck as the PDP’s
presidential candidate in the March 2015 elections. On December 9, 2015,
Dokpesi and his company, Daar Holding and Investment Limited, were
charged in the Federal High Court, Abuja in a USD2.1bn money laundering
scam.
The FG claimed the money was budgeted for weapons procurement for the
Nigerian military to fight against the Boko Haram militants, but was
allegedly diverted by Dasuki Sambo, the then National Security Advisor,
to Dokpesi’s Daar Holding and Investment Limited for the Nigerian
presidential election of 2015 in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan.
The court charges marked “FHC/ABJ/CR/380/2015” and filed by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) indicated that they are
accused of violating the Money Laundering Act, the EFCC Act and the
Public Procurement Act. The presiding judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole,
granted bail to Mr. Dokpesi and adjourned the trial.
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