In the evening of May 29, 2023, I found myself paying tributes to Dr Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi. “They didn’t know you and they never will,” I wrote.
On the night the nation gathered to celebrate you at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, I was invited to the studio to run some commentary. As a mark of befitting honour to your legacy, AIT News 24 was called into action for the first time. It was my first time in that studio. I knew you had something cooking on the fire but I never asked for details.
Oh, you came ahead of your time? I will recall the story of the solar farm very close to the Daar gate at Kpaduma Hills. Long ago, perhaps when you were putting finishing touches to your house at Kpaduma Hills, you went to China, and one of the things you returned with was a container load of solar panels.
They were united in speaking of your goodness, your kindness and your readiness to help the rich and the poor, and above all, the bridge builder whose patriotism underlined every of your actions. You were a rare germ who hardly had enemies even in politics. I was there looking at their faces on television, those who would come to you in the cool of the evening or dead of night to seek advice or direct media interventions.
Your contributions to broadcasting have been duly acknowledged, but much more is your political activism which a significant number hardly knew until your apotheosis. Have you seen your former boss, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, former governor of Anambra State? Both of you acknowledged each other’s brilliance in your biography, The Handkerchief. He departed on December 14, 2023.
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