High Chief
Raymond Dokpesi, chairman of one of the leading news organisations in
Nigeria, Daar Communications narrowly escaped death on Saturday, June 4,
2016 in what appears to be an assassination attempt, a close family
source confirms.
The attack on Dokpesi, by gunmen
suspected to be assassins, who trailed him to a hospital in Abuja left
his police detail dead, riddled in bullets.
The murdered policeman is identified as Sergeant Den Gaius of the FCT Police Command by Signal, an online newspaper.
According to a family source, who spoke with The Trent,
the suspected assassins were about four in number and drove in a Honda
Accord car. The bandits accosted Dokpesi’s car in front of Child Care
and Awareness Clinic at No 7, Fez Street, Off Kumasi Crescent Wuse 2
Abuja at 2.30 am on Saturday, June 4, 2016.
Dokpesi’s wife had just left the vehicle
and gone inside the hospital when the attackers moved in and released a
hail of bullets into the SUV owned by the high chief and chieftain of
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The windows of the vehicle were
tinted.
“The managing director of Africa
Independent Television, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluwatosin Dokpesi who had arrived
from Lagos complained of serious stomach cramps and was rushed to the
Child Care and Awareness hospital in Wuse 2. She was accompanied by her
cousin Ms. Abolore Sode and an aide, Ms Aisha Adamu,” a staff member of
AIT told our reporter.
“They were escorted by the deceased
sergeant. They were trailed by the Honda Accord and as soon as Mrs
Dokpesi alighted from the car and entered the hospital, the assailants
attacked them. They were asking the driver and sergeant about Mrs
Dokpesi’s whereabouts.
“They collected the handset of the
driver and shot the sergeant thrice and made away with the AK47 of the
sergeant. They did not go with the Prado vehicle No APP 577DK nor did
they collect any items.
“The driver said that the assailants said in Hausa, ‘He is not there. Bastard! We will still get him”.
“They shot thrice at the sergeant and
sped off. He died on the spot,” the staff reports on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The Nigerian police is yet to comment on this incident. Below are photos of the crime scene, obtained from a family source.
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