Dr Doyin Okupe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disclosed the reason behind the arrest of Dr Doyin Okupe by the Department of State Services, DSS, on Thursday, January 12
The DSS, according to Head of Media, Mr Wilson Uwugiaren, informed the Commission of the interception of Dr. Doyin Okupe, former presidential adviser, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
He said “The Service acted on a Watch-list request issued on July 18, 2016, over six years before his recent conviction on money laundering charges by the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The Commission was in the process of formally lifting the watch-list before his interception and will expedite action in this regard.
Okupe who was intercepted at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on his way yo London for treatment has since been released by the spy organisation.
Okupe, former Director General for Obi/Datti campaign organisation who resigned the position after a court ruling on money laundering against him and the payment of N13 million fine, spoke to this arrest in his twitter handle, after his release, “I was arrested and detained at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this morning, January 12, on my way to the UK for medicals, years after my passport was withheld by the FHC, Abuja.
