Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT), was n Friday arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.
AIT confirmed the arrest in its Twitter handle at about 4 pm at Abuja airport on his return from medical treatment in Dubai, saying no reason was given for it.
AIT tweeted, ”Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport on return from medical treatment /operation at the American Hospital Dubai. Reasons have not been given yet for the arrest’.
The station later quoted an official of the Nigerian Immigration Service as saying that there was an order from above for Dokpesi to be arrested since he is on the security watch-list of the federal government”.
The AIT boss is standing trial for allegedly receiving N2.1 billion from the office of the national security adviser (NSA) for the media campaign of the PDP in the buildup to the 2015 elections.
He has dismissed the allegations of abuse of security funds under the last government, accusing the current administration of witch-hunting members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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