Chuks Oyema-Aziken
The Department of State Service on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the former Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe.
DSS Spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya in a message said Okupe was intercepted at Terminal 1 of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos Thursday morning at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission.
The Spokesperson said Dr. Okupe has been handed over to the EFCC which requested for the action.
Okupe was billed to fly to London via Virgin Atlantic.
Meanwhile, Dr. Okupe, said his rearrest by the DSS on the request of the EFCC, was erroneous and should not have happened.
Writing on his Twitter handle, he said that the officers of the EFCC in Lagos and Abuja have apologised for the error in his arrest.
Okupe wrote, “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.
“I just left the EFCC office where the senior and younger officers in Lagos and Abuja apologised to me for the error.”
