BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK DEC 15, 2015
A source at Kuje Prison in
Abuja told SaharaReporters that detained owner of African Independent
Television (AIT), Raymond Dokpesi, was being held in an office at the
prison in order to avoid the possibility of his being assaulted by
inmates at the facility.
Mr. Dokpesi is being held at Kuje
Prison pending the time he meets his bail conditions. “Chief Dokpesi
arrived at Kuje Prison at 4.55 p.m. yesterday and was taken straight to
the office of the officer in charge,” said our source. Justice Gabriel
Kolawole had granted bail to the AIT proprietor, but ordered him
remanded in prison until he meets bail conditions.
The conditions
include two sureties at N200 million each. Our source stated that
inmates at the prison were expected when they learned that Mr. Dokpesi
would be spending some time at the prison.
“Upon sighting Chief
Dokpesi, most of the inmates became anxious to see him,” said the
source. He added: “But we decided to keep him in the office of the
officer-in-charge to prevent the prisoners possibly hurting him. That’s
why we are shielding him from [the inmates].”
Our source disclosed that Mr. Dokpesi seemed downcast when he was brought into the prison.
The
AIT proprietor is standing trial on a six-count charge of money
laundering and other fraud-related crimes. Prosecutors allege that he
received N2.1 billion from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo
Dasuki, in order to air presidential campaign material for former
President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr.
Dokpesi is standing trial alongside his firm, DAAR Investment and
Holdings Ltd, corporate owners of AIT and Raypower FM, a radio station.
http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/15/dokpesi-shielded-detention-avert-assault-inmates
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