In the memo signed by Raymond Dokpesi and dated May 17, he said at the urging of 'very senior citizens and elders,' he has agreed to 'an immediate truce.'
, Raymond Dokpesi, has directed the management of a subsidiary of his company, AIT, to stop airing comments he and his son, Paul Dokpesi, made about coronavirus.
“I want to be properly educated. What’s the difference between malaria and COVID-19,” he said. “Every medication we were given were malaria drugs.” In the memo signed by Raymond Dokpesi and dated May 17, he said at the urging of “very senior citizens and elders,” he has agreed to “an immediate truce.”
The media mogul said his decision to recant his words was to avoid being misconstrued to be using his platform to promote personal agenda or settle political scores “with our perceived political opponents.”Meanwhile, while Mr Dokpesi’s claim about the use of malaria drugs had gone viral, the head of Nigeria’s public health agency, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said malaria and COVID-19 are “completely different diseases.
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