The Director-General of the Peter Obi’s Labour Party presidential campaign council, Dr. Doyin Okupe has threw in the towels, less than 24 hours after he was convicted of money laundering and narrowly escaped serving jail term.
Okupe, who was also a spokesman of Olusegun Obasanjo when he was Nigeria’s President, tendered his letter of resignation today, December 20.
The letter, dated December 20, 2022, was addressed to Peter Obi.
Okupe’s resignation came less than 24 hours after an Abuja High court had convicted and sentenced him to two-year imprisonment, with an option of fine in the amount of N13 million. He paid the fine and escaped the prison term.
The amount Okupe was convicted for laundering was N240 million, which he was said to have received from the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki during the 2015 presidential election.
He got the money in cash to prosecute assignments given to him during the 2015 presidential poll.
He was charged for receiving the money in cash instead of through the financial institution.
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