JUST IN: DOYIN OKUPE RESIGNS AS PETER OBI CAMPAIGN DG
By ‘Leke Yusuf
The Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council; Chief Doyin Okupe has resigned his position over his conviction on money laundering charges.
Okupe in a statement on Tuesday evening said “It’s time to step aside. But I am with PO and the Obidients and the Presidential Campaigns till God gives us victory in Jesus Name.”
Recall that Okupe, on Monday, was found guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja.
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