Jan. 13, 2023

The Economic and financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says the Department of State Services, DSS, acted on a Watch-list request issued on July 18, 2016, over six years before Mr. Doyin Okupe’s recent conviction on money laundering charges by the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The Commission in a statement on Thursday noted that on “January 12, the DSS informed the Commission of the interception of Dr. Doyin Okupe, former presidential adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

“The Commission was in the process of formally lifting the watch-list before his interception and will expedite action in this regard”.