Founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has called for a national prison reform.
Dokpesi made this call at the AIT Christmas party after his release from Kuje prison where he was remanded until he met the bail conditions set for him by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Describing the state of Nigerian prisons as appalling, the media mogul charged the management of his television station to make prison reform a burning issue.
The chieftain of the People Democratic Party, PDP, was on December 9 arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before the high court on a six-count charge of money laundering and fraud-related procurement.
Dokpesi, who was arraigned alongside his firm, Daar Investment and Holdings Ltd, pleaded not guilty to all the six counts.
After taking his plea, Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered that Dokpesi be remanded in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application by 12.30pm on Thursday. This was as he fixed trial on the matter for February 17, 18 and March 2 and 3.
The prosecution led by Mr. Rotimi Jacobs SAN,‎ had accused the defendants of receiving N2.1bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, between October 2014 and March 19, 2015 for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential media campaign in breach of provisions of the Public Procurement Act, Money laundering Act and the EFCC Act.
On December 14, Kolawole granted bail to the AIT founder, in the sum N200m and two sureties in like sum, but held that he be kept at the Kuje prison, Abuja, pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
He left the prison three days after he was granted bail by the judge.
After his release yesterday, Dokpesi attended the AIT Christmas party where he charged the management of his TV station to bring the need for prison reform to the front burner of national discourse. He asserted that the situation of things in the prison is appalling.
https://www.today.ng/news/national/53305/daar-boss-dokpesi-condemns-state-of-nigerian-prisons-calls-for-reforms

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......Ex-convict.

You will never know how it feels until you feel the pain. Lol
I hope Dokpesi enjoyed his little stay at Kuje Prison sha?

so it's only when the elite use public services that they appreciate the need for them to be reformed. Maybe if all the elite were forced to send their kids to public schools and use public hospitals then we would quickly see a vast improvement in those services.

Mad Man


You know that one and u dey share billions like father Christmas

The money u diverted frm dasuki can do that a million times if the worst was that it was diverted to rehabilitate every prison. return the 2.1b e neva late

lols
i thing the nigerian constitution on criteria for public office holders like presidency,senate,house of rep should change. let have this include
1. spend 2weeks in kuje or kirikiri
2.live for 3months in ajegunle or on of the lagos slums
3..travel by road for 3months
4... use general Hospital for 6months
5...start a business with lapo loan


if they can survive all this i tell u that man ll rule well

agbaya
u no know b4 abi?? Now go and pay ur staff their salaries.
D prison didn't even look as bad as i thought.

The money that would have been used to make the reform was stolen by you. You see the good reason why these wicked men should go to prison so that they can see first hand the pains Nigerians go through.

hope he learned some lessons.

bjdon:
so it's only when the elite use public services that they appreciate the need for them to be reformed. Maybe if all the elite were forced to send their kids to public schools and use public hospitals then we would quickly see a vast improvement in those services.

Not the elites per se but political office holders and watch how things will turn to good.

renovate the prisons with your loot

This is why first class experience is good. If u are not there u won't know wats there.
U were at kuje complaining, what if u were in agodi or kirikiri

#experienceneverdies

Dokpesi, submit ur signed cheque for d project

Ol

Tales @ Moonlight

This is why more of these policriminals need to sleep in nigerian prisons. That will help them have a feel of the consequence of their looting on the poor masses.

Good experience.

After you spend your 20years we will repair it

sometimes it is gud for our big men to visit our prisons either by tour or by sentence so dat they can feel the condition of nigeria prison, though prison is not a place for enjoyment sha.

So life in Jail isn't rosy eeh? I hope he rots there!