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  • BREAKING: Finally, Doyin Okupe bags 2 years imprisonment

    BREAKING: Finally, Doyin Okupe bags 2 years imprisonment

    A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, to two years imprisonment.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Okupe is the Director General of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council.

    Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the money laundering offence.

    Justice Ojukwu ordered that the 26 counts, which attracted two-year jail-term each, would run concurrently.

    The judge, however, gave an option of N500, 000 in each of the counts, amounting to N13 million, which must be paid before 4:30pm ,(the close of work) today.

    The wife and son of Okupe had pleaded for leniency after he was convicted.

    Besides, former Governor of old Anambra, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, and former National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Idi Farouk, had also urged the court to temper justice with mercy in Okupe’s sentencing.

    The court, presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, had convicted Okupe for breaching the Money Laundering Act.

    Justice Ojukwu, in a judgment, held that Okupe was found guilty of contravening Sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act, for accepting cash payments without going through financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act.

    Okupe is the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP).

    Okupe was said to have received N240 million in cash from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retired).

    The judge had, earlier, stood down proceedings tfor Okupe to exercise his right under Section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) to call witnesses to testify about his character, before the court could proceed to pronounce sentence on the convict.

  • BREAKING: DG of Peter Obi PCC, Okupe convicted for money laundering

    BREAKING: DG of Peter Obi PCC, Okupe convicted for money laundering

    The Director General (DG) of Peter Obi presidential campaign council (PCC), Doyin Okupe has been convicted for money laundering.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Okupe was convicted by a federal high court in Abuja.

    Okupe was said to have received cash from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) while Sambo Dasuki was in office.

    Okupe, DG of the Labour Party’s PCC, was a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

    In a judgment on Monday, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act.

    He was found guilty of accepting cash payments without going through financial institution, in excess of the threshold allowed under the Act.

    Okupe was said to have received hundreds of millions in cash from the office of the NSA while Dasuki was in office.

    Justice Ojukwu has stood down proceedings till 1:45pm for Okupe to exercise his right under Section 310 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) to call witnesses to testify about his character, before the court could proceed to pronounce sentence on the convict.

     

    Details shortly…

  • BREAKING: Labour Party rubbished alleged suspension of Doyin Okupe

    BREAKING: Labour Party rubbished alleged suspension of Doyin Okupe

     

    …says it’s null and void

    The Labour Party, LP, has rubbished the alleged suspension of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General, Doyin Okupe, saying it is null and void.

    This was revealed in Abuja on Friday by the National Secretary of the party, Mr Umar-Farouk Ibrahim.

    Ibrahim said that the leadership of the party was shocked at the suspension by the Ogun chapter, as it was without due process.

    “The Ogun State Chapter has acted outside its constitutional jurisdiction; the party has an internal conflict resolution mechanism of handling cases against members as enshrined in the party’s constitution,” he said.

    He further added that the National Working Committee(NWC) of the party is going to take appropriate disciplinary action against the perpetrators of the so-called suspensions.

    Ibrahim assured that the party will ensure cohesion among its members and would not be distracted by the antics of the opposition candidates until all its candidates were victorious in the 2023 general election.

  • Labour Party reacts over suspension of Doyin Okupe in Ogun

    Labour Party reacts over suspension of Doyin Okupe in Ogun

    The Labour Party says the purported suspension of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General, Doyin Okupe is null and void.

    Mr Umar-Farouk Ibrahim, the National Secretary of the party said this when he addressed newsmen in Abuja on Friday.

    Ibrahim said that the National Leadership of the party was surprised at the suspension by the Ogun chapter which was without due process.

    “The Ogun State Chapter has acted outside its Constitutional jurisdiction, the party has international conflict resolution mechanism of handling cases against members as enshrined in the party’s constitution.

    “There are also disciplinary measures to be taken ,for example ,before you discipline any member, there are certain procedures that you have to follow , you have to issue query among other procedures ,and that has not been followed.

    “No complain was written by the state chapter ,his ward and his local government, so we are saying the national headquarters is not aware of what they are doing ,they are doing it on their own.

    “The National Working Committee(NWC) is going to set up a committee and appropriate disciplinary action would be taken against the perpetuators in the state exco and we are going to fish them out and take appropriate action,” he said.

    Ibrahim said the suspension was void as Okupe remained a card carrying member LP and the DG PCC.
    He said that the party was not unaware of attempts by opposition parties to infiltrate its structures at all levels.

    Ibrahim said that the party’s leadership would do everything within its powers to ensure that its cohesion was not tempered with and would not be distracted by the antics of the opposition candidates until all its candidates were victorious in the 2023 general election.

    He expressed worry over recent attacks on party members, candidates and officials in some states, particularly Edo, Ebonyi states and Kaduna where the state women leader was gruesomely murdered.

  • Labour Party sacks Peter Obi’s Director-General, Doyin Okupe

    Labour Party sacks Peter Obi’s Director-General, Doyin Okupe

    The Ogun state chapter of the Labour party, (LP) has sacked the Director General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe from the party over intra party issues.

    Okupe was sacked alongside 10 others for alleged non-financial membership status, high-handedness and financial recklessness.

    This was made known by the Chairman of the party in Ogun State, Michael Ashade, in Abeokute, Ogun State capital on Thursday.

    Ashade noted that Okupe and others fired breached the constitution of the Labour Party.

    Ashade said Okupe has ceased to be a LP member for his “failure to meet the mandatory constitutional requirements to fulfill membership status.”

    According to him, Okupe had failed to pay his membership dues since the last six months he joined the Party, saying he has therefore forfeited his membership of the Labour Party and he is no longer fit to act as the Director General of Obi’s campaign council.

    He stated that the offenses of Okupe amd and the other 10 are against Article 9(3) sub(iii) and Article 9(3)xi of the LP constitution.

    He accused Okupe of mismanaging the funds approved for the LP in Ogun to mobilize members for the rally held last week at Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    While notifying the LP National Chairman, Barr Julius Abure of their decision, they called on Obi to immediately appoint another DG for the PCC from the North.

    Meanwhile, Doyin Okupe is yet to react to the sacking as all effort to get him to speak on the matter proved abortive.

     

  • We’ll build greater, prosperous Nigeria – Peter Obi

    We’ll build greater, prosperous Nigeria – Peter Obi

    The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has assured Nigerians of a greater and prosperous nation if elected as the country’s next president in February 2023.

    He gave the assurance during the party’s presidential campaign held at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex in Ibadan on Wednesday.

    The former governor of Anambra State was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential candidate in 2019 election and now Labour Party Presidential candidate.

    Obi was accompanied by his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Mr Julius Abure, the LP National Chairman and LP governorship candidate in Oyo State, Alhaji Tawfiq Akinwale.

    Obi said the party was prepared to form a government that would build a greater Nigeria and move the nation’s economy from consumption to production.

    The LP presidential candidate said that his government if elected, would create jobs for unemployed youths and fight corruption.

    “Myself and Datti Baba-Ahmed are wealth creators not wealth sharers. We will secure and unite Nigeria.

    “We will ensure there is no strike in our universities. We will create enabling society. We will turn the vast arable land into agricultural land to feed Nigerians.

    “We will turn Lagos to the financial centre of Africa,” he said.

    Obi appreciated Adebanjo and Afenifere, the Pan Yoruba Socio-Cultural group, for their unflinching support as well as their strong commitment to equity and justice.

    He said that the presidency is for Nigeria and not some sections of the country, saying that he stood for equity and justice.

    The Afenifere leader, who recalled the pre and post-independence celebration and agitations, said the clamour for restructuring was aimed at returning the country to true federalism.

    Adebanjo said that he had no hatred for the APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as being rumoured, saying he stood by him throughout his eight years as Lagos State governor.

    He said that all he was clamouring for is equity and justice, saying tribes in the country deserved equal opportunities.

    “When we brought Chief M.K.O Abiola and his election was annulled, they brought Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. We agreed that the presidency would be rotational.

    “Obasanjo handed over to Umar Yar’Adua and from him to Goodluck Jonathan. Later Buhari became the president,’’ Adebanjo said.

    He urged the people to vote for Obi, saying it was time of the Igbos.

    The LP National Chairman, Mr Julius Abure,  thanked the people of South-West for their usual support and pacesetting status always.

    He said that the country was going through numerous challenges, saying that Obi was the only presidential candidate that had answers to change Nigeria.

    Akinwale and Mr Atayese Sodiq, the State LP Chairman in their separate remarks, called on the people of the state to vote for the party’s candidates at all levels

    Adebanjo presented Obi to the people by raising his hands at the event attended by Dr Doyin Okupe and other prominent Nigerians.

  • 2023 Presidency: Doyin Okupe lists states Obi will win

    2023 Presidency: Doyin Okupe lists states Obi will win

    The Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe  has predicted the number of States his Principal Peter Obi will win in next year’s election.

    Okupe reacting to Anambra’s governor’s analysis of the  Labour Party presidential candidate’s stance in 2023 election in the country noted that the LP Candidate will win convincingly in many states.

    Okupe noted that Obi will get 25% votes in four states.

    Although there are over 15 presidential candidates battling for the Aso Rock hot seat, Peter Obi of LP, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and not forgetting Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, have taken the front row.

    Recall that Soludo said that Obi would not win the election but merely playing drama with the contest.

    In the scathing assessment of Obi’s presidential ambition, Soludo said that the LP’s flagbearer was just putting the Igbos in a more precarious situation in the country.

    However, in his reaction titled ‘Soludo’s ludicrous lies’, Doyin said, “Soludo: ‘Obi will score 25% in 4 States only.’

    “Fact check on candidates: Tinubu will win 6 States of the SW & 3 States in NE;

    “Atiku: win in 6 States of NW & 3 States in NE;

    “Obi will win all 5 States of SE, all 6 States of SS, 4 States of NC & 25% in 6 States of SW.”

  • Former aide to Gov Okowa bags appointment in Labour Party

    Former aide to Gov Okowa bags appointment in Labour Party

    The Labour Party has appointed Osheokwu Onochie, a former aide to Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the State coordinator of the party’s campaign for the 2023 elections.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Onochie was among the 1,234-member presidential campaign council unveiled by the party in Abuja on Wednesday

    Unveiling the team, the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe said retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Zarewa, would serve as its chairman.

    Some of the members are Mr Oseloka Obaze, who would serve as Deputy Director-General and Campaign Manager, and Alhaji Yusuf Maitama, Deputy Director-General (North).

    Also in the council are Mr Yunusa Tanko, Spokesperson and Mr Clement Ojukwu, Secretary.

    Mr Denzel Ketenbe is Deputy Director-General (South); Mr Isaac Balami, Deputy Campaign Manager 1, and Mrs Eyitemi Taire, Deputy Campaign Manager 3, among others.

    Okupe noted that it took 12 million votes for the incumbent president to win the presidential election in 2019 and that the Labour Party already had 15 million votes on ground.

    “As we begin the 2023 round of electioneering campaigns, the registered voter population figure has tripled since 2019. More than 60 per cent of the nearly 100 million registered voters today are the youths.

    “This shows that there are more new voters in the voter register than old ones, and all the newly-registered voters are `OBIdients’.

    “It is just for us to pray for life till the elections; we will show them. Nigeria is a youthful stream and they are ready to support Labour Party all the way,’’ Okupe said.

    He added that the Peter Obi and Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed LP ticket had been lovingly and organically accepted by the people of Nigeria, because of their robust and endearing records, personalities, vision, policies and promise.

    Okupe said also that the most remarkable, organic, self-funded movement at the vanguard of the political temperature in present time – the New Nigeria Movement, is made up of the youth population.

    He stressed that the movement had taken on a life of its own and had become an unprecedented and formidable force in Nigeria’s national equation, beyond all imagination.

    He added that the ascendancy of LP’s presidential ticket to prime position in the hearts and minds of Nigerians had been fuelled by the patriotic zeal, creativity and shining example in discipline, character and decency of Obi and Datti.

    “Unknown to many, a significant number of the youth and drivers of this movement are active members and supporters of other political parties.

    “These are people who could not ignore the overbearing superiority in leadership quality, personal disposition, national appeal, private and public service record, and the clear-cut expression of vision and governance solutions of Obi and Datti.

    “I make bold to say while the reality is becoming clearer to everyone, that these are the people who will decide the immediate future of this country,’’ he said.

    Okupe stressed that the key message of the New Nigeria Movement also known as the `Take Back Nigeria Movement’ and more popularly as `The Obidient Movement’, signposts what people should give serious attention to.

    He said that this was necessary because the bedrock of democracy is peoples’ power; and the most resourceful and powerful manifestation of this is the youth segment.

    He said LP had not spent a kobo to organise, influence, or secure the massive following and support it had been getting from the Obidient Movement, till date.

    “We in the Obi-Datti Presidential Organisation and the Labour Party, are totally and graciously humbled by this massive adoption of our candidates as the preferred candidates for the forthcoming election,’’ he said.

    Okupe assured Nigerians that the party and its candidates would remain committed to honest, clean and issue-based engagements to turn around the fortunes of the nation.

    He appealed to security agencies, the Judiciary, retired military and police officers, the middle class, civil servants, professional bodies, pensioners, the academia and religious bodies not to be complacent during elections.

    “To INEC we say, this is its biggest test in recent history, and it has no choice but to act as a fair, impartial, fearless and patriotic umpire at the coming elections,’’ he said.

    According to Okupe LP is fully committed and totally re-energised to making Nigeria work, and progressively develop.

    “Hold us to our word that The Labour Party’s presidency of Peter Obi and Datti will cut wastage, and take bold steps to move Nigeria from consumption to production.

    “Within four years, the Obi-Datti administration will embark on an aggressive investment drive in practicable smart agriculture,’’ he said.

    He called on Nigerians to leave no PVC uncollected and also to turn out en-masse on Election Day.

    The chairman of the party, Mr Julius Abure, represented by its National Secretary, Alhaji Umar Farouk, said the party carefully compiled the campaign list to give the best to Nigerians.

    “The party’s logo stands for the family and Nigeria can only be a better country when the family is united and benefiting from the leadership for the people and by the people.

    “This is what we hope and pray our principal and the campaign council are going to work assiduously and sincerely, to bring in a new hub for a better Nigeria that everybody is yearning for.

    “These people unveiled today will make history and make Nigeria a better place where everyone will wish to stay,’’ he said.

  • 2023: Labour Party boasts of 15 million votes

    2023: Labour Party boasts of 15 million votes

    Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday unveiled a 1,234-member presidential campaign council in Abuja, boasting that the party will secure at least 15 million votes in the 2023 presidential election.

    Unveiling the team, the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe said retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Zarewa, would serve as its chairman.

    Some of the members are Mr Oseloka Obaze, who would serve as Deputy Director-General and Campaign Manager, and Alhaji Yusuf Maitama, Deputy Director-General (North).

    Also in the council are Mr Yunusa Tanko, Spokesperson and Mr Clement Ojukwu, Secretary.

    Mr Denzel Ketenbe is Deputy Director-General (South); Mr Isaac Balami, Deputy Campaign Manager 1, and Mrs Eyitemi Taire, Deputy Campaign Manager 3, among others.

    Okupe noted that took 12 million votes for the incumbent president to win the presidential election in 2019 and that the Labour Party already had 15 million votes on ground.

    “As we begin the 2023 round of electioneering campaigns, the registered voter population figure has tripled since 2019. More than 60 per cent of the nearly 100 million registered voters today are the youths.

    “This shows that there are more new voters in the voter register than old ones, and all the newly-registered voters are `OBIdients’.

    “It is just for us to pray for life till the elections; we will show them. Nigeria is a youthful stream and they are ready to support all the way,’’ Okupe said.

    He added that the Peter Obi and Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed LP ticket had been lovingly and organically accepted by the people of Nigeria, because of their robust and endearing records, personalities, vision, policies and promise.

    Okupe said also that the most remarkable, organic, self-funded movement at the vanguard of the political temperature in present time – the New Nigeria Movement, is made up of the youth population.

    He stressed that the movement had taken on a life of its own and had become an unprecedented and formidable force in Nigeria’s national equation, beyond all imagination.

    He added that the ascendancy of LP’s presidential ticket to prime position in the hearts and minds of Nigerians had been fuelled by the patriotic zeal, creativity and shining example in discipline, character and decency of Obi and Datti.

    “Unknown to many, a significant number of the youth and drivers of this movement are active members and supporters of the other political parties.

    “These are people who could not ignore the overbearing superiority in leadership quality, personal disposition, national appeal, private and public service record, and the clear-cut expression of vision and governance solutions of Obi and Datti.

    “I make bold to say while the reality is becoming clearer to everyone, that these are the people who will decide the immediate future of this country,’’ he said.

    Okupe stressed that the key message of the New Nigeria Movement also known as the `Take Back Nigeria Movement’ and more popularly as `The Obidient Movement’, signposts what people should give serious attention to.

    He said that this was necessary because the bedrock of democracy is peoples’ power; and the most resourceful and powerful manifestation of this is the youth segment.

    He said LP had not spent a kobo to organise, influence, or secure the massive following and support it had been getting from the Obidient Movement, till date.

    “We in the Obi-Datti Presidential Organisation and the Labour Party, are totally and graciously humbled by this massive adoption of our candidates, as the preferred candidates for the forthcoming election,’’ he said.

    Okupe assured Nigerians that the party and its candidates would remain committed to honest, clean and issue-based engagements to turn around the fortunes of the nation.

    He appealed to security agencies, the Judiciary, retired military and police officers, the middle class, civil servants, professional bodies, pensioners, the academia and religious bodies not to be complacent during elections.

    “To INEC we say, this is its biggest test in recent history, and it has no choice but to act as a fair, impartial, fearless and patriotic umpire at the coming elections,’’ he said.

    According to Okupe LP is fully committed and totally reenergised to making Nigeria work, and progressively develop.

    “Hold us to our word, that The Labour Party presidency of Peter Obi and Datti will cut wastage, and take bold steps to move Nigeria from consumption to production.

    “Within four years, the Obi-Datti administration will embark on an aggressive investment drive in practicable smart agriculture,’’ he said.

    He therefore called on Nigerians to leave no PVC uncollected and also to turn out en-masse on Election Day.

    The chairman of the party, Julius Abure, represented by its National Secretary, Alhaji Umar Farouk, said the party carefully compiled the campaign list to give the best to Nigerians.

    “The party’s logo stands with the family and Nigeria can only be a better country when the family is united and benefiting from the leadership for the people and by the people.

    “This is what we hope and pray our principal and the campaign council are going to work assiduously and sincerely to bring in a new hub for a better Nigeria that everybody is yearning for.

    “These people unveiled today will make history and make Nigeria a better place where everyone will wish to stay,’’ he said.

  • Labour Party brands Gov Okowa’s former aide, Onochie as hero

    Labour Party brands Gov Okowa’s former aide, Onochie as hero

    The Labour Party has branded Osheokwu Onochie, a former aide to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as a hero of the struggle for a new Nigeria.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Governor Okowa is the vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections.

    Onochie recently resigned as Okowa’s Senior Special Assistant on Youth Development and switched allegiance to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi.

    Onochie tendered his resignation letter to the Delta State Governor on Thursday through the Secretary to the State Government.

    In his letter of resignation, he disclosed that his decision to resign was premised on moral grounds, and the call by Nigerian youths for a new and better Nigeria, adding that the resignation was with immediate effect.

    Receiving Onochie into the fold of the Labour Party, Director General of Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe was full of smiles as he hugged the former aide to the Delta State Governor.

    “Another Hero of the struggle for a new Nigeria. Mr Onoche, a fmr SA to gov Okowa on youth affairs, who recently resigned his appointment to join the obidient family,” Okupe stated on Twitter.