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Money Laundering: Doyin Okupe Resigns As Peter Obi’s Campaign DG
In the circumstance, I have opted to step aside and plead that you appoint a new Campaign DG,
Dr Doyin Okupe, on Tuesday, tendered his resignation as the Director General of the presidential campaign organization of the Labour party for the 2023 Presidential election.
It would be recalled that a Federal High court in Abuja convicted him of money laundering.
In a letter dated December 20 and addressed to the Labour party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The statement read: “You will recall I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking justice and clearing my name using the Nigerian Legal System to pursue same,” he wrote.
“I have invested too much energy in your campaign to allow my personal travails to become a source of distraction.
“In the circumstance, I have opted to step aside and plead that you appoint a new Campaign DG, who can continue the assignment with zero distractions.”
Meanwhile, he was jailed for two years with an option of a fine of N13 million, which he took and avoided time in prison.
