Doyin Okupe: This election, if they like, let them do anything about people who are around me. I will get there – Peter Obi

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has reacted to the Money laundering charges against the DG of his campaign, Doyin Okupe

Okupe was found guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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

Reacting to this, Obi speaking during an interaction with journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Council Secretariat on Monday said Okupe’s sentence will not stop his resolve. According to him, “let them do anything about people who are around me. I will get there”, he said

“I’m hearing about it [Okupe’s conviction] just like you. I’m still studying what is coming out of the Court and everything. I believe in the rule of law. It’s not going to demoralise me.

“In my life, I have never stayed where they dropped me, otherwise, I would’ve been where they dropped me before. This election, if they like, let them do anything about people who are around me. I will get there.”