The Labour Party, LP, has reacted to the arrest of the former Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, at at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that DSS operatives arrested Okupe on Thursday while on his way to London, the United Kingdom.
The Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who confirmed the arrest said Okupe was arrested on the instruction of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Reacting to Okupe’s arrest, the Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party, Dr Tanko Yunusa, said the arrest was an attempt to embarrass Okupe.
In a telephone interview with Vanguard, Yunusa said that those who arrested Okupe had nothing on him, they “Just want to embarrass him, it is unfortunate.”
He also said, “The man didn’t do anything, the court has freed him, and the EFCC has no pending case against him. His lawyer has confirmed that he had been released.”