Mr. Doyin Okupe, the Director-general of Peter Obi’s presidential campaign Council of Labour Party, LP, has officially resigned his position.
Okupe tendered his resignation letter 24hrs after his conviction by a court in Abuja sentenced him to two years in prison over alleged money laundering.
In a resignation letter sighted by AbaCityBlog, Okupe said it’s important to resign his position as Peter Obi’s campaign DG, with a reason not to allow his personal travails to cause a distraction to Labour Party’s struggle to win 2023 presidential election.
The letter reads:
Dear Peter,
You will recall that I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking justice and clearing my name using the Nigerian Legal System to pursue same.
I have invested too much in your campaign to allow my personal travails to become a source of distraction.
In the circumstances, I have opted to step aside and plead that you appoint a new Campaign DG who can continue the assignment with zero distractions.
God bless you and family.
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. pic.twitter.com/ZByUqN9orr
— Doyin (@doyinokupe) December 20, 2022
AbaCityBlog reported that Peter Obi had reacted to Okupe’s ordeal, Obi, who spoke with newsmen at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Akwa, Ibom State Council, said that the witch-hunting of persons in his campaign team cannot break his resolve to be Nigeria’s president.
He said he is undaunted by the conviction of Director-General, Mr. Doyin Okupe, over alleged money laundering.
According to Obi: “I am hearing about it(the conviction) just like you. I am still studying what is coming out of the courts and everything. I believe in the rule of law. It is not going to demoralize me.
“Today, when I arrived Akwa Ibom somebody asked me why I haven’t been using my aircraft because it has been grounded and all that and I said to him that nothing demoralizes me.”
