Police in the United Kingdom have disclosed that founder of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi is connected to a rape allegation.
Gatekeepers News on Monday reported that Dokpesi was detained by Immigration after a trip from Frankfurt on a Lufthansa airlines flight that arrived in the UK.
According to the management of African Independent Television (AIT), Dokpesi’s media establishment, he was released after a couple of hours and was cleared by British Immigration officials for entry into the country.
Although, UK Police confirmed that a 71-year-old man was arrested in connection to a rape incident that happened in August 2019, but Dokpesi’s identity was not confirmed.
While responding to inquiries by PUNCH about the reasons for Dokpesi’s arrest, the Met Police said, “On Sunday, 8 January, a 71-year-old man was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of rape. The arrest relates to an allegation of rape in August 2019. The man has been bailed, pending further enquiries, to a date in early April. Enquiries into the circumstances continue.
“Please, note that we don’t confirm the identity of any person who has been arrested but not charged.”
A source in DAAR Communication while reacting to the mail, dismissed the report.
“Rape! It’s not possible. I am not in the UK and don’t have information on why Dokpesi was held and released. If it was a rape case, will they release him? It is the most unfair allegation against him. Where did the rape occur? Is it in Nigeria or UK?
“If Nigeria didn’t fight, is it the UK that will fight him over rape? Those who are brandishing that false allegation should be able to say where the alleged rape took place. Those brandishing that nonsense are not fair to that man.
“Rape! At what age? Something that he didn’t do at a younger age, is it at over 70 years that he would do that?” the source told PUNCH.
Gatekeepers News reports that Dokpesi who clocked 71 last year was was on a London trip following the invitation of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He was expected
to share perspectives on issues around the next month’s presidential election in the country.
Dokpesi is the Deputy Director-General(technical and systems) of the PDP presidential campaign council
