Former Director-General of the defunct Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organization, Dr Doyin Okupe, says his trial and conviction in 2022 were politically motivated.
Recall that Okupe was on 19 December 2023 convicted by the
Federal High Court in Abuja after being prosecuted by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering to the tune of N700 million.
The court jailed him for two years with an option of fine.
Speaking on Arise TV on Tuesday, he clarified that he was
never convicted of corruption as being insinuated in some quarters, alleging
that some elements in the presidency were after him.
Okupe, who was an aide to the former president, Goodluck
Jonathan, claimed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, government used the
anti-graft agency to punish him.
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”.
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