According to the DSS spokesman, Okupe’s arrest came at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.
Spokesman of the secret police, Peter Afunanya, confirmed this in a statement, saying Okupe was arrested on Thursday morning.
The LP chieftain was billed to fly to London via Virgin Atlantic before he was arrested.
According to Afunanya, the arrest came at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Okupe has since been handed over to the EFCC, he added.
“Doyin Okupe was intercepted by the DSS at Terminal 1 of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this (Thursday) morning at the instance of the EFCC.
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“He has long been handed over to the Commission which requested for the action. Okupe was billed to fly to London via Virgin Atlantic,” the DSS spokesman said.
Okupe was the Director-General of the campaign of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi.
He resigned in December after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on December 19, 2022 found him guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, ruling that his action violated the Money Laundering Act.
The court held that Okupe was guilty in counts 34, 35, 36, and 59 and sentenced him to two years imprisonment with an option of a fine.
Akin Osuntokun has since replaced Okupe as Director-General of the LP Presidential Campaign.
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