The Department of State Service, DSS, on Thursday morning arrested the
former Director General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Chief Doyin Okupe on the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,.
A terse statement by Dr. Peter Afunanya Public Relations Officer, Department of State Service ,DSS, said “Doyin Okupe was intercepted by the 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 Commisson which requested for the action. Okupe was billed to fly to London via Virgin Atlantic.”
DSS did not give any further reason for his arrest. However, recalled that Okupe had resigned the post of Director General Peter Obi Presidential Campaign in December 2022 after he was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment on 23 count charge for being in possession of cash beyond the N5m threshold.
Okupe opted for a fine and paid the sum of N13m fine. It was not clear at the time of filing this report why the EFCC want him .