The Department of State Services, DSS, today, January 12, informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the interception of Dr. Doyin Okupe, former presidential adviser, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
According to a statement signed by the Commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, “The Service acted on a Watch-list request issued on July 18, 2016, over six years before his recent conviction on money laundering charges by the Federal High Court, Abuja. The Commission was in the process of formally lifting the watch list before his interception and will expedite action in this regard.”
Earlier in December 2022, Doyin Okupe, Okupe, who is the Director-General of the Labour Party presidential campaign council was sentenced to two and a half years in jail for breaching the Money Laundering Act.
Okupe was charged to court for receiving N702 million illegal payment from public funds meant to procure arms to fight insurgency in 2019. He was convicted of the offense by the Federal High Court on Monday, December 19, 2022.
