The director general of the campaign for Peter Obi, the nominee of the Labour Party, has been ordered to resign by the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign committee.
Recall that on Monday, an Abuja-based Federal High Court found the embattled director general of the Obi-Datti campaign guilty of violating the Money Laundering Act.
The LP leader was later given a two-and-a-half-year prison term.
However, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, the presiding court, offered a choice of an N500, 000 fine on each of the 26 counts of charges, totalling N13 million for which he was found guilty.
In order to meet the 4:30 pm deadline, the former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan decided to pay a fine of N13 million.
Speaking to reporters, Bayo Onanuga, the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council’s director of media and publicity, slammed Okupe, claiming he is unworthy of holding the position of director general for Obi’s campaign.
According to Onanuga, the only option presently open for the former PDP stalwart was for him to bow out of the campaign “honourably.”
He said, “Okupe should resign from his post as DG of Obi’s Campaign. He should do so honourably. The court has spoken. He should no longer be involved in the campaign.”
But, Okupe attributed his travails to the handiwork of his “enemies.”
He tweeted, “God is not man. The enemies have tried in so many ways but keep failing…Victory is of God.”
Meanwhile, in his reaction to the development, Obi maintained that he will never be demoralized by the conviction of his campaign DG.
Speaking at an interaction with journalists in Uyo on Monday, Obi noted that he would not be distracted by the conviction but would allow the due process of law to take its course.
He said, “I am hearing about it (the conviction) just like you. I am still studying what is coming out of the court and everything. I believe in the rule of law. It is not going to demoralise me.
“Today, when I arrived in 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 demoralises me.
“In my life, I have never stayed where they dropped me, otherwise, I would have been where they dropped me before. This election, if they like, let them do anything about people who are around me. I will get there.”
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