BREAKING: DSS reportedly arrests Okupe at Lagos airport

• Published date: 12 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

One of Okupe's lawyers, Tolu Babaleye, stated this on Facebook on Thursday.

Babaleye said Okupe was on his way to London when he was arrested.

He claimed that the DSS asked him to provide court processes where he paid the fine option following his money laundering conviction by the Federal High Court, Abuja.

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