A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and founder, DAAR Communications Plc Raymond Dokpesi is dead.
He died at the age of 71.
His demise was confirmed on Monday by a family member, that the media guru died at a hospital in Abuja.
According to the family source who wants to remain anonymous, Dokpesi had been indisposed shortly after the Ramadan fast and had been on it until he breathed his last.
The family source informed that Dokpesi was eventually placed on occupational therapy to improve his daily activities through walking out at the gym.
The source said during one of his routine gym exercises, Dokpesi was electrocuted while using one of the gym equipment, leading to stroke and his eventual death.
The Dokpesi family is expected to issue a statement on the development soon.
In 2020, Raymond Dokpesi and members of his family were hospitalized at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital after they were diagnosed with COVID-19. They, however, survived the disease.
Dokpesi founded the African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM and was the deputy Director-General of technical and systems of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Campaign Council.
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