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Doyin Okupe resigns as Peter Obi’s campaign council DG

Tobi Osindero
Director-General of the Labour Party presidential campaign council, Doyin Okupe has resigned from his position.

Okupe made the announcement in a letter addressed to the party’s presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi.

ThisNigeria reported that Okupe was convicted of receiving over N200m cash from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

He was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja with an option of N500, 000 fine on each of the 26 count charges for which he was found guilty.

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However, he paid the fine befoee the stipulated time and was released.

See a copy of the letter below:

Doyin Okupe

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