Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and current Director General of Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that his rearrest by the Department of State Service on the request of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), was erroneous and should not have happened.
He said his passport had long been withheld by the Federal High Court Abuja even before finding him guilty of violating sections of the Money Laundering Act that attracted two and a half years imprisonment.
Narrating the ordeal on his Twitter handle, Okupe wrote: “I was arrested & detained @ the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this morning, 12th Jan on my way to the UK for medicals, years after my passport had been withheld by the FHC, Abuja.
“I just left the EFCC office where the Snr Officers in Lagos and Abuja apologised to me for the error.”
Querying the action, he asked if it was an occupational hazard. “OCCUPATIONAL HAZZARD abi?”
His tweet:
I was arrested & detained @ the MMIA, Lagos this morning, 12th Jan on my way to UK for medicals; years after my passport had been withheld by the FHC Abuja.
I just left the EFCC office where Snr Officers in Lagos & Abuja appologised to me for the error.OCCUPATIONAL HAZZARD abi?
— Doyin (@doyinokupe) January 12, 2023