High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi – The Great Pioneer Is Gone, NPAN Mourns

The Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, has lamented the sudden passing of Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, the founding Chairman of Daar Communications PLC.

Dokpesi died, aged 71, in a domestic accident on May 29, 2023, after he slipped and fell down in his private gym while on a threadmill.

In a statement to condole with both his family and Daar Communications PLC, the President of NPAN, Kabiru Yusuf mourned the untimely passing of the Media mogul.

Following is the full statement personally signed by the NPAN President.

It was with  great shock that we learnt  on Monday, May 29, 2023, of the passage of High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, OFR,  founding Chairman of the media behemoth, Daar Communications Plc . He was 71.

Chief Dokpesi, a trained Marine Engineer and politician,  pioneered private radio and television broadcating in the country with the establishment in 1994, of  Ray Power, an Fm radio station  and the  Africa Independent Television (AIT),  two years later.

A seasoned politician, High Chief Dokpesi, held various strategic positions in the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) and acquitted himself. .

Very unassuming and a philanthropist , he touched several lives, while also using the instrumentality of his media platform to give voice to the voiceless.

While we commiserate with members of  the media fraterniity, his immediate and  political families , on this irreparable loss, we are consoled  by the fact that he left behind an enduring legacy of hard work and selflessness.

We encourage our youth to emulate his industry, modesty  and passion for the people.

The nation has lost a great pioneer, a patriot , an advocate of good governance /a free press and the right of people to know.

Signed

KABIRU A. YUSUF
PRESIDENT NIGERIA PRESS ORGANISATION /
NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
May 31, 2023