The Management of Daar Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) claimed its Proprietor, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has been released after his delay at Heathrow airport in London.
According to media reports, Dokpesi was delayed, on Sunday, by Immigration authorities of the European nation, after a trip from Frankfurt on a Lufthansa airlines flight that arrived in the country.
A statement issued by AIT said that, “Dokpesi arrived via Frankfurt from Abuja on a Lufthansa airlines flight and was invited off the plane before other passengers were disembarked.
“Dokpesi was delayed at the airport for some hours before his passport was stamped and he was cleared by British Immigration officials for entry into the country,” the management of the television station said in a statement.
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The statement added that the People’s Democratic (PDP) chieftain made the London trip following the invitation of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the party, by the British Government to share perspectives on issues around the next month’s presidential election in the country.
Recall that High Chief Dokpesi is the Deputy Director-General of the Technical and Systems of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council.