Okupe steps down as campaign DG, I’m not demoralised, Peter Obi affirms

Following his conviction on money laundering charges on Monday, Doyin Okupe, the director-general of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, stepped down yesterday. DoyinOkupe PeterObi Nigeria

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court had found Okupe , guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from a former…

Consequently, the court sentenced Okupe to two years imprisonment, to run concurrently, or payment of a cash fine of 500,000 on each of the 26 count charges of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission . “I have invested too much in your campaign to allow my personal travails become a source of distraction.

Meanwhile, Obi, yesterday, indicated the conviction of Okupe will not break his resolve to become Nigeria’s president in 2023.In a statement by his media office, Obi was quoted as saying: “I am hearing about it , just like you. I am still studying what is coming out of the courts and everything. I believe in the rule of law. It is not going to demoralise me.

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