The Labour Party has described the former Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, as a political opportunist who is only interested in personal benefits. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, said this in a statement, in Abuja, on Tuesday, January 9 Okupe resigned from …
Read More »Doyin Okupe resigns from Labour Party, cites ideological differences
Doyin Okupe has resigned from the Labour Party (LP). In a letter addressed to the chairman of the party, Julius Abure, Okupe who was one-time Head of LP’s presidential campaign organization, cited ideological differences for his resignation. He explained that his lifelong alignment with right-wing and liberal democratic …
Read More »I was erroneously arrested by EFCC – Doyin Okupe says as he’s released
The immediate-past Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has said that his rearrest by the Department of State Service on the request of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, was an ”error.” Okupe was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport this morning, Jan. 12. …
Read More »‘How Did Okupe Pay 13 Million Naira, I Don’t Know He Has A Job’
The Presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has slammed the sanction placed on the embattled former Director-General of Peter Obi Campaign Organization, Dr. Doyin Okupe. Naija News recalls that the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu …
Read More »I hope you’ll have an opportunity to clear your name – Obi writes Okupe
Obi said he respects Okupe’s decision to step down as the Director General of the Labour Party presidential campaign council. The Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, said he hopes the Nigerian legal system will afford Doyin Okupe an opportunity to clear his name regarding a money laundering conviction.
Read More »Money Laundering: Doyin Okupe resigns as Peter Obi?s campaign DG
Dr Doyin Okupe has tendered his resignation as the Director General of the presidential campaign organization of the Labour party for the 2023 Presidential election. Okupe who was a one-time adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan tendered his resignation on Tuesday December 20, barely 24 hours after a Federal …
Read More »Tinubu’s campaign DG tells Okupe to resign honourably from Obi’s campaign
Onanuga says Okupe doesn’t deserve to continue occupying his office as DG of Obi’s campaign. Following Doyin Okupe’s conviction, Bayo Onanuga, the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has advised him to resign from the campaign team of Peter Obi, the flag bearer of the Labour Party.
Read More »Money laundering: ”Man is not God”- Doyin Okupe tweets after paying N13m fine to escape 2-year jail term
A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has paid the N13 million fine slammed on him on Monday, December 19, by a Federal High Court in Abuja after he was found guilty of receiving over N200m cash from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki …
Read More »Doyin Okupe sentenced to 2 years in prison after being convicted of money laundering
Former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after being convicted for breaching the Money Laundering Act. Okupe, who is the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP) was convicted on 26 of the …
Read More »Okupe sentenced to 2 years in prison for money laundering
The court sentenced him to two years imprisonment on count 34 with an option of a fine of N500,000. Doyin Okupe has been found guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki and sentenced to two years imprisonment.
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