Tolu Babalaye, legal counsel of Doyin Okupe, former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, has said his client was arrested on Thursday and asked to prove his money laundering case had been judged by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Babalaye took to his Facebook page moments after the Department of State Services (DSS) confirmed Okupe’s arrest on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to say a source informed him of the reason for his arrest.
His comments came in a statement titled, ‘Doyin Okupe Re-arrested At Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos By DSS On His Way To London For Medical Treatment Over A Matter That Has Been Resolved!’ and personally signed.
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It read, “The information reaching me now is that Dr. Doyin Okupe has been arrested at Lagos Airport by the DSS on his way to London.
“The reason according to the source is that he was asked to produce evidence that the Federal High Court Abuja has freed him from the case in which he was convicted and paid fine to the knowledge of the whole world and was allowed to go home.
“When will this harassment stop? Who is after Dr. Doyin Okupe? As at today, the man has no case to answer anywhere, I hereby demand that the DSS should release my Client immediately as it is a violation of his freedom of movement, right to liberty and dignity of human person. This is unfair as the man’s health is fast failing! Details later!”
Meanwhile, moments after news broke of his arrest, Okupe took to his Twitter handle to tweet about his release.
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He described the arrest as erroneous, and said senior EFCC officials had apologised to him.
His tweet read, “I was arrested and detained at the MM International Airport, Lagos this morning, January 12, on my way to UK for medicals yrs[sic] of my passport being withheld by the FHC Abuja.
“I have just left the EFCC office where senior officers in Lagos and Abuja appologised to me for the error. OCCUPATIONAL HAZZARD abi?”
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