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AIT Founder, Dokpesi Snr, 7 other family members test positive for COVID-19

Founder of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, his daughter-in law, along with six members of his family, have tested positive for Coronavirus. A test conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,…

Founder of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, his daughter-in law, along with six members of his family, have tested positive for Coronavirus.

A test conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on the Dokpesi family came out positive for eight members of the family.

They have all been evacuated by the NCDC to the isolation centre at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada where his son is already receiving treatment

Reacting to the development, the former AIT chairman, who spoke shortly after the arrival of the NCDC Ambulance, said he feels very well.

“I am of quite ok, i feel very well”, he said, an indication that his condition is still asymptotic.

This is coming after his son, Raymond Jnr, tested positive for the virus and had been sent to the Isolation center in Abuja.

The entire DAAR headquarters building sitting aloft the Kpaduma hills in Asokoro District of Abuja have since been fumigated.

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Published May 1, 2020
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