The Director-General of the Labour Party Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe has resigned his position.
This is contained in a letter he addressed to the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Tuesday.
Okupe who shared the letter on his official Twitter handle, wrote, “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”.
Okupe’s resignation comes less than 24 hours after a High Court in Abuja convicted him of money laundering offences and sentenced him to two years in prison.
However, the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, gave Okupe an option of N500,000 fine on each of the 26 count charges, totalling N13m for which he was found guilty.
Consequently,Okupe payed the sum of N13 million and escaped the jail sentence.
