A pressure group,Value and Integrity Group, yesterday called for the probe of how the founder of the African Independent Television (AIT) Dr.Raymond Dokpesi runs the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) .
The group branded NESG as a one man show and partisan organization.
The group,in a statement in Lagos said that whereas NEDG was incorporated on April 27,2011 with six organizations as shareholders, “Dokpesi has turned the NEDG into a private estate put at the service of the President Jonathan and his party members.”
The supposed shareholders, according to the pressure group, are: Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria represented by Mallam Abubakar Aji; DAAR Communications, represented by Tony Akiotu,;Nigeria Union of Journalists, represented by Mohammed Garba; Alliance for Credible Election represented by Emma Ezeazu;Nigeria Guild of Editors; and TMG represented by Moshood Erubami.
It alleged that other directors are completely in the dark about the financial transactions of the NDEG.
It said: “This of course is in total violation of one of the 8 Memo/ Articles of Association for NEDG that stipulates that the NEDG will organize and promote and host independent civil non- profit, non-political, non-partisan open debates.
“Dokpesi’s name does not reflect in the NEDG registration documents from the CAC only that of DAAR representative, Tony Akiotu.”
Dokpesi,it added, “went ahead to single handedly organize the 2011 election debate with AIT staff-Amoni Amarere and Nancy Ilo as moderators.
“Again, he is the one solely organizing the 2015 presidential election debate for the NEDG which has become an appendage of the Jonathan presidency and at the service of the PDP.
“The NEDG is clearly in the pocket of Dokpesi. Presented to the unsuspecting public as a non-partisan body, the NEDG is fully partisan in favor of PDP.Dokpesi, a very close friend of Jonathan, once jostling to be chief of staff has put NEDG at the disposal of the ruling party, PDP.”
Value and Integrity Group said the refusal of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate,General Muhammadu Buhari to participate in the NESG debate has “thrown some spanners in the works,” adding: “for his refusal to attend Buhari, APC and its leaders have come under severe attacks on AIT news programming and defamatory documentaries.”

GEJ till 2019!!!

you didn't get the Photos of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bank details that were all in Dokpesi's AIT address and him being sole signatory to the account of NEDG that he opened in 2011.

That's the same organisation that wants to organize a credible debate between PDP and APC.

I doff my cap for the way the APC get information, I saw the photos of the documents on TVC and I weep for my Country.

No credibility by those in Government and those who sees them as a means to an end for themselves.

Dokpesi opened the Account in May 2011 and 3days later N1million was paid into the Account and a week later N20million came in and another N50million in November 2015. they showed all the data and scanned copies of NEDG registration with CAC and bank details with First Bank,

The PDP plots keeps failing and all gimmicks keeps coming out to the opposition. Now I see why APC said they cant debate on the platform on NEDG

Dokpemu you mean

Where are those who were adamant that Buhari must debate with Jonathan?

Debate what exactly?

For Buhari to have stubbornly shunned the"ruse"debate is now glaring to all that there was never going to be a debate in the real sense.

People like Dokepsi should either pray that Buhari doesn't win the election or they had better sneak out of the country before swearing in.if not..........