The final burial ceremony of the founder of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, took place in Agenebode, Edo State today June 22.
The ceremony was attended by many politicians including the deputy governor of Edo state, Shuaibu Phillips, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state and others.
Dokpesi died on 29 May at the age of 71 years, after a fall while using a treadmill machine as part of the exercise he needed to undergo to recover from an undisclosed illness.
He was buried around 4:35 p.m. on Thursday in the presence of his family members, close associates, sympathisers and residents of Agenebode.
On Tuesday, Mr Dokpesi’s family organised a farewell ceremony for the late founder of DAAR Communications in Abuja.
The ceremony was attended by dignitaries, including former president Goodluck Jonathan, former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki; former governor of Delta State, James Ibori; former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel; and many others.
Dokpesi, a marine engineer, established Raypower, the first private radio station in Nigeria, in 1994, and the AIT in 1996. He would have been 72 years old in October.
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