Okupe Steps Aside As DG Of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council

By Ayodele Oni

Convicted Director General of Pete Obi candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Doyin Okupe has  stepped down from the Presidential Campaign Council.

He made this announcement on Tuesday in a statement he personally signed.

Okupe, former Spokesman of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was convicted on Monday by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

The Court, however, gave him an option of fine, which he met and was not taken to the correctional centre.

According to him, he will be stepping down as the DG of the campaign Council pending the time the appeal court deliver its verdict.

A press statement signed by him states that “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.”