Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications, his daughter-in law, and six members of his family, have tested positive for Coronavirus, Dateline Nigeria has learnt.
A test conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on the Dokpesi family came out positive for eight members of the family who have since been evacuated to the isolation centre at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada for medical attention.
It would be recalled that Dokpesi’s son and chairman of the board of the company, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, had three days ago tested positive for the virus and is also receiving attention in Gwagwalada.
Chief Dokpesi, who spoke shortly after the arrival of the NCDC Ambulance, said “I am of quite ok, I feel very well.”
It was also gathered that NCDC officials have begun tracing possible contacts of the infected persons, while the DAAR headquarters on Kpaduma hills in Asokoro, Abuja has since been disinfected.
