The London Metropolitan Police, United Kingdom, has provided an explanation on the arrest and release of the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.

The police, said a 71-year-old man who was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Sunday was being probed on suspicion of forcing woman.

Dokpesi was in the UK in connection with the invitation extended to the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, by the British government to speak on the 2023 presidential elections.

Dokpesi was delayed at the airport for some hours before his passport was stamped and he was cleared by British Immigration officials for entry into the country.

While responding to inquiries from Punch newspaper, about the reasons for Dokpesi’s arrest, the Met Police in an email did not mention the PDP chief’s name.

The mail read: “On Sunday, 8 January, a 71-year-old man was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of rap*. The arrest relates to an allegation of rap* in August 2019. The man has been bailed, pending further enquiries, to a date in early April. Enquiries into the circumstances continue. “Please, note that we don’t confirm the identity of any person who has been arrested but not charged.”