Dr Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has resigned his position following his conviction over money laundering charges.
Okupe announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the Presidential Candidate of the party, Peter Obi, dated December 20, 2022.
In the letter, Okupe said that he had invested so much in the Labour Party Campaign to allow his personal travails become a source of distraction, hence his decision to quit.
Okupe’s resignation comes hours after he was convicted over money laundering charges.
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It should be recalled that Okupe a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Media, was convicted over the diversion of arms funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser.
A Federal High Court in Abuja, in a judgement delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, found Okupe guilty on counts 34 to 59 of the charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), preferred against him.
However, he was discharged and acquitted of counts 1 to 33 of the charge which bordered on corruption.
Speaking on the development on Monday, the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, while reacting to Okupe’s conviction stated that the situation would not demoralise him or make him loose focus of his ambition to become the next president of Nigeria.
Obi said, “I am hearing about it (the conviction) just like you. I am still studying what is coming out of the Court and everything. I believe in the rule of law. It is not going to demoralize me.”
