UK Police released Raymond Dokpesi after brief detention at London Airport

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The founder of DAAR Communications Plc High Chief Raymond Dokpesi (Ph.D) was briefly detained on Sunday, January 8, 2023, on his arrival at the London Heathrow airport and was released afterward. 

The DAAR Communications boss arrived via Frankfurt from Abuja on a Lufthansa airlines flight and was invited off the flight carrier before other passengers were disembarked. 

He was after that delayed at the airport for few hours before his passport was stamped, and British Immigration officials cleared him for entry into the country.

His visit to the United Kingdom is not unconnected to the invitation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar by the British government to share perspectives on issues around the 2023 presidential elections.  

The media founder is the Deputy Director-General, Technical & Systems of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council.

“Chief Dokpesi wishes to thank all for their outpour of love, prayers, and support following the news of the incident and to reassure that he is hale and hearty,” a statement signed by the management of DAAR Communications said.

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria had, in 2015, dragged Dokpesi to court and accused him and his company of illegally receiving funds considered as proceeds of crimes from a former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and went further to file a no-case submission after the prosecution closed its case in November 2018 after calling 14 witnesses.

However, the trial judge, Justice John Tsoho, rejected the no-case submission and ordered Dokpesi and his firm to enter their defense. Not satisfied, the defendants then approached the Court of Appeal with a request to nullify the decision and free him from the charges on the grounds that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against them.

But the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal had discharged Dokpesi from the N2.1 billion fraud charges brought against him by the EFCC.

Source: arise.tv

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