Okupe steps down as Obi-Datti campaign DG

Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okpue, has stepped down from the position.

He announced his resignation on Tuesday using his well-known Twitter handle.

He tweeted, “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 (sic).

In a letter attached to the tweet, Okupe wrote to Obi recalling a discussion both politicians had about the conviction, which the former called “personal travails”.

“You will recall 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 energy in your campaign to allow my personal travails to become a source of distraction.

“In the circumstance, I have opted to step aside and plead that you appoint a new Campaign DG, who can continue the assignment with zero distractions,” he wrote.

Okupe’s conviction on Monday by the Federal High Court in Abuja followed his prosecution by the anti-graft agency EFCC for money laundering to the tune of N700 million.

He illicitly received money from former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki Sambi from the funds meant for arms procurement. EFCC charged.

He was jailed for two years but the judge placed an option of a fine of N13 million, which he took and avoided time in prison.