Okupe Denounces Conviction as Politically Driven, Claims Malicious Prosecution
Former Director-General of the defunct Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organization, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said his trial and conviction in 2022 were politically motivated.
Okupe, who was convicted by the Federal High Court in Abuja for money laundering, clarified during an interview on Arise TV that he was never convicted of corruption, as some insinuated.
He alleged that elements in the presidency, under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, orchestrated his prosecution through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as a form of punishment.
He said, “I was never convicted of corruption. I was discharged from all 34 charges of corruption. I was discharged completely.
“What I was convicted of was money laundering which is not corruption. I was being funded under the directive of Mr President by the NSA.
“My trial was politically motivated. My arrest and prosecution by the EFCC was malicious. It was not even a prosecution but persecution.
“For you to convict someone of money laundering, there must be concealment but I have never concealed anything.
“Secondly, there must be a direct benefit to the person who collected the money but there was no direct benefit to me and I was able to prove that in the court.
“Some people inno the presidency wanted to punish me”.
