The immediate past Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, was on Thursday, January 12, 2023, arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
It was gathered that Okupe was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, while on his way to London, the United Kingdom.
The DSS later handed over Okupe to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, confirmed the handing over of Okupe to the EFCC.
“Doyin Okupe was intercepted by DSS at Terminal 1 of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this morning at the instance of the EFCC. He has long been handed over to the commission which requested the action,” Afunanya said.
The DSS later handed over Okupe to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, confirmed the handing over of Okupe to the EFCC.
“Doyin Okupe was intercepted by DSS at Terminal 1 of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this morning at the instance of the EFCC. He has long been handed over to the commission which requested the action,” Afunanya said.
Meanwhile, Okupe has left EFCC custody.
Okupe described the arrest as an error.
The former presidential aide in a tweet after his release stated that senior officers of the EFCC had apologised to him over the arrest.
He wrote: “I was arrested and detained at the MM international airport, Lagos this morning 12th Jan on my way to UK for medicals… I have just left the EFCC office where senior officers in Lagos, and Abuja apologised to me for the error. OCCUPATIONAL Hazard abi?”
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