The Labour Party has frowned at the rearrest of its former
Director-General of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe,
by the Department of State Service, describing it as “embarrassing”.
The party described the rearrest as unwarranted on the
ground that Okupe has met the condition of his release after his conviction
over money laundering.
The Chief spokesman for the party’s Presidential Campaign
Council, Yunusa Tanko, said, “I can confirm to you that Dr Doyin is fine, he
left Awolowo way, the DSS facility moments ago and the DSS has apologised to
him for the error they have done in re-arresting him.
“For us, we felt this is an embarrassment for somebody who
has already paid for the accusation which was levelled against him at the
Federal High Court because if he had something left, he would not have left the
premises of the court as a free man.
“This was orchestrated to embarrass him, the DSS has
apologies to him, which I can confirm to you directly, that he is freed and he
is proceeding on his Journey.”
However, contrary to the party’s position, Okupe had said
that it was EFCC who apologised to him for the commission’s error in his
rearrest.
In a tweet on his official handle, Okupe wrote, “I was
arrested and detained at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this
morning, January 12, on my way to the UK for medicals, years after my passport
was withheld by the FHC, Abuja.
“I just left the EFCC office where the senior and younger
officers in Lagos and Abuja apologised to me for the error.”
Querying the action, he asked if it was an occupational
hazard.
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