BREAKING: OKUPE CONFIRMS RELEASE FROM EFCC CUSTODY

Doyin Okupe, the former Director-General of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, has been released.
Okupe was apprehended by the Department of State Services (DSS) at Lagos’ Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Thursday morning.

Okupe was arrested at the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, according to DSS spokesman Dr Peter Afunanya, who confirmed the arrest.

Okupe, on the other hand, confirmed his release from EFCC custody in a tweet a few minutes ago.

He tweeted: “I was arrested & detained @ the MM int airport, Lagos this morning 12th Jan on my way to UK for medicals, yrs after my passport was withheld by the FHC Abuja.I just left the efcc office where snr officers in lagos& Abuja apologised to me for the error. OCCUPATIONAL HAZZARD abi?”