Dokpesi And Wife Escapes Death In Abuja, Sergeant Shot Dead By The Assassins

Chief Raymond Dokpesi, owner of DAAR Communications and one of his wives, Tosin Dokpesi, narrowly escaped death on Saturday in what appears to be an assassination attempt.

A police detail attached to Dokpesi, Sergeant Den Gaius of the FCT Police Command, was murdered in cold blood by the armed assailants who rained bullets on his car. Below are the details...

According to an eyewitness, four suspected assassins were sighted in a Honda Accord car. They accosted the deceased in front of Child Care and Awareness Clinic at No 7, Fez Street, Off Kumasi Crescent Wuse 2 Abuja at 2.30am on Saturday, June 4, 2016.

The office of the Chairman of Daar Communications stated that:

“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. 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 nor did they collect any items. The driver said that the assailants said in Hausa that 'He is not there. Bastard! We will still get him'. They shot thrice at the sergeant and sped off. He died on the spot.”