The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday said it has arrested the former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe.

Spokesman of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, in terse statement, said Okupe was arrested at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at Terminal 1 of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

He said Okupe has been handed over to the EFCC.

The statement reads: “Doyin Okupe was intercepted by the DSS at Terminal 1 of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this morning at the instance of the EFCC. 

“He has long been handed over to the Commisson which requested for the action. Okupe was billed to fly to London via Virgin Atlantic.”