Breaking: Labour Party Presidential Campaign DG, Okupe resigns + Possible replacement

The Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Doyin Okupe has resigned. 

His decision is to enable him pursue his corruption case in Court. 

He conveyed his decision in a letter to his principal, the Presidential Candidate of the party, Mr. Peter Obi.

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.

Justice Ojukwu held that the action of Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), violated the Money Laundering Act.

While stating that the Act provides that no individual or organization shall receive any sum above N5 million and N10 million respectively without passing through a financial institution, the judge held that “there is no evidence that the money passed through a financial institution”.

The court consequently held that the first defendant, Dr. Okupe was guilty in counts 34, 35, 36, and 59.

Reacting to the judgment earlier through its Media Officer, Diran Onifade, the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), confirmed that Okupe has paid N13m fine handed to him by the court.

He said as the party that respects the rule of law, its officials will obey court judgments promptly.

Onifade, however, said appealing the judgment is a personal decision Okupe and that the PCC cannot influence that.

Possible replacement 

Immediately after Okupe's resignation, news broke that the Deputy Director General of OBI-DATTI campaign council, Engr David Balami, is going to replace Okupe as the director general of the campaign council.

Balami released a statement denying the reports. He warned people to stop spreading fake news about Labor Party.

For now, Okupe's replacement has not been made public. In the next couple of days, a new Director-general will be announced to the public.

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