His Royal Majesty, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, has comforted grieving family members of the founding chairman of DAAR Communications, and African Independent Television, AIT, Chief Raymond Dokpesi over the pain caused by Media icon’s death.
Oba Ewuare II, made this known when he received family members visited the Royal father in his Palace, Benin City where he pledged his support for Dokpesi family, friends and well-wishers.
The traditional ruler who promised remembers Dokpesi’s family in prayers, recalled how he gave free AIT live media coverage to his Coronation event in 2016, noting that his memory will remain indelible.
“We will keep on praying for you. May God almighty and our ancestors grant our prayers. We are here for you. We will do our best to support you all the time.
“I want to assure you that we will do our best, personal and official to keep on supporting the Dokpesi family, and his friends.
“We also had an idea of the challenges he had. He stood by his challenges and he came out stronger”, Oba Ewuare II said.
Earlier in his address to the Benin throne, Raymond Dokpesi-Junior, eldest son of deceased, Raymond, thanked the Oba of Benin for his kind affection towards the Dokpesi’s family and wise counsel to before, during and after the funeral of their father.
Dokpesi-Junior, who was joined by his uncle, Mr Cyril Dokpesi and other family members, friends and well-wishers, spoke about the loss and touched on the death of his father during the visit, solicited for prayers from the Benin throne to enable them defeat the vicissitudes of his death.
