Reliable sources disclosed that the "Attack Lion", as he would love to be described, spent close to one month in detention between July and August 2006 over fraudulent activities.
Sources within the EFCC said he was detained by the commission for defrauding the Imo State government of several millions of Naira for contracts he failed to execute after collecting mobilization fees.
Dr. Okupe who was a former spokesperson to President Olusegun Obasanjo, was released by the EFCC on bail but was not charged to court because of administrative changes at the commission.
When Mrs. Farida Waziri eventually took over as the chairperson of the EFCC, Dr. Okupe's files were moved to Abuja under the pretext that fresh investigations, concerning another contract fraud that reportedly involved the Benue State government, was taking place.
EFCC sources said the files have since disappeared but that efforts to retrieve them are ongoing.
According to Sahara Reporters, calls and text messages to Dr. Okupe on the matter were not answered.
Dr. Okupe who was a former spokesperson to President Olusegun Obasanjo, was released by the EFCC on bail but was not charged to court because of administrative changes at the commission.
When Mrs. Farida Waziri eventually took over as the chairperson of the EFCC, Dr. Okupe's files were moved to Abuja under the pretext that fresh investigations, concerning another contract fraud that reportedly involved the Benue State government, was taking place.
EFCC sources said the files have since disappeared but that efforts to retrieve them are ongoing.
According to Sahara Reporters, calls and text messages to Dr. Okupe on the matter were not answered.
