AIT Chairman, Raymond Dokpesi dies at 71

The Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has reportedly died.

 According to reports, Dokpesi, who was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party died at the age of 71 in Abuja. 

 A source who spoke with our correspondent revealed he died in an Abuja hospital after he suffered a stroke. 

This reportedly happened after the recent Ramadan fast. The AIT boss had since then been managing his health and was placed on occupational therapy to improve his daily activities before his sudden death.

9JREPORTERS  reports that the parents of the Nigerian media entrepreneur were from Agenebode, Edo state. 

He entered the Nigerian mass media industry with his company DAAR Communications and set up the Nigerian TV network Africa Independent Television (AIT) Dokpesi was the organising committee chairman of the People's Democratic Party national conference in 2015. 

As of March 2020, he is still undergoing a trial on corruption charges. In May 2020, Dokpesi became a COVID-19 survivor. 

He suffered a stroke shortly after the 2023 Ramadan fast, and eventually died on May 29, 2023.