High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Family Members Are COVID-19 Positive

By Akinwale Kasali

High profile politician, and founder of DAAR Communications, owner of AIT/Ray Power, High Chief Raymond Alegho Dokpesi, has tested positive for Coronavirus.

His three grandchildren, daughter-in-law and a couple of other family members also tested positive for the disease.

A few days earlier, his son, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr., the boss of AIT/Ray Power,  also, tested positive for the Virus. He has been in an isolation centre in Abuja since then, and has been joined Friday evening by his father and the other family members.

Members of the family, were, following protocols, tested for the disease as soon as the younger Dokpesi tested positive.

Some results came back positive.

In a release, the Management of AIT said: “Following the test that was carried out on our Chairman, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Jnr., on Thursday, April 23, 2020, by the NCDC, which proved positive, and his subsequent admission into the isolation centre on Friday April 24, 2020, we wish to state that in coformity with the Federal Government Protocol on COVID-19 administration and management, his entire household and all those who had contacts with him were subsequently subjected to the test, and with so much emotional pains, we also announce that the under listed have equally been confirmed positive:

“1) High Chief Alegho Dokpesi (His father/ Founder, DAAR Communication PLC

2) Our Chairman’s wife.

3) His three children.

4) Some relatives.

“A total of eight.

They have been taken to an isolation centre.

Health officials have gone to fumigate the headquarters of DAAR Communitions.