In a rare move in Nigeria\u2019s political landscape, the convicted Director General of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has resigned his position in the organisation.<\/p>\n
The letter reads: \u201cDear 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have invested too much in your campaign to allow my personal travails to become a source of distraction.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 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\u201d.<\/p>\n
Okupe was convicted by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, and sentenced to two years imprisonment or a fine of N13 million. He has since paid the fine and is at home, though there are clear indications he would appeal the conviction.<\/p>\n
Recall that the Peter Obi declared on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State that the conviction of Okupe could not break his resolve to be Nigeria\u2019s president in 2023.<\/p>\n
He told journalists, \u201cI 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 demoralise me.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday when I arrived Akwa Ibom somebody asked me why I haven\u2019t been using my aircraft because it has been grounded and all that and I said to him that nothing demoralises me.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 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 say anything about people who are around me. I will get there\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a rare move in Nigeria\u2019s political landscape, the convicted Director General of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has resigned his position in the organisation. The letter reads: \u201cDear Peter, You will recall that I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking justice and clearing my name using the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":61264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1795,4916,569],"class_list":["post-61270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-campaign","tag-okupe","tag-resign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}