DSS Arrests Okupe At Lagos Airport, EFCC Releases Him With Apologies
Former Director General of the president candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi’s presidential campaign council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has been arrested at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Okeja, Lagos. Okupe was arrested on Thursday morning by operatives of Department of State Service (DSS), on his way to London.
His lawyer, Tolu Babaleye said he was asked by Department of State Service (DSS) to produce the court’s process for the payment of fine option he was given, by a Federal High Court, Abuja which recently convicted him for money laundering.
DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunaya, confirmed the arrest, but said it was made at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Afunaya said the Department of State Service (DSS) had transferred Okupe to the Economic and Finiancial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Okupe later confirmed that he had been released with apologies from top EFCC officers in Lagos and Abuja.
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Meanwhile, the Economic and Finiancial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it is removing the name of Okupe from its watchlist.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will remove the former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, from its watchlist following his arrest by the Department of State Security Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday.
An impeccable source at the EFCC confirmed to our correspondent that Okupe had been on the EFCC watchlist for about six years since 2016.
“Dr. Okupe is one of the individuals, groups, or organizations that required close surveillance, for legal reasons. In his case, he has been on our watchlist since 2016.”
Confirming the report in an interview with our correspondent, while reacting to Okupe’s arrest by the DSS and his subsequent transfer to the EFFC, the anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the EFCC would take immediate action to remove the former presidential aide from its watchlist.
