MONEY LAUNDERING: Nothing Demoralises Me, Obi Reacts To Okupe's Conviction

Okupe was on Monday sentenced to two years imprisonment for breaching the Money Laundering Act after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned him in 2019 on a 59-count charge including the diversion of of funds to the tune of N702 million. presidential candidate of the Labour Party, says the conviction of Doyin Okupe for money laundering will not demoralise him in his bid to become president.

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

He was however able to avoid jail term by paying the stipulated N13 million fine.

In his reaction to the incident, Obi said during an interaction with journalists in Akwa Ibom state, that he will not be demoralized in his bid to become the president spite of the judgment

"I am hearing about it (the conviction) just like you. I am still studying what is coming out of the court and everything. I believe in the rule of law. It is not going to demoralise me," NAN quoted Obi as saying.

"Today, when I arrived Akwa Ibom somebody asked me why I haven't been using my aircraft because it has been grounded and all that, and I said to him that nothing demoralizes me.

"In my life, I have never stayed where they dropped me, otherwise, I would have 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."

The LP presidential candidate added that he is determined to "destroy" the existing political structures in the country.

"The structure they have today is the structure we want to destroy. It is the structure of criminality. It is the structure that produced 133 million people living in poverty," he said.

"It is the structure that produced 20 million out-of-school children. It is the structure that has made Nigeria surpass India in infant mortality. It is the structure that will destroy Nigeria and we want to destroy that structure."

The LP presidential candidate said his priority, if elected president, would be how to secure a united Nigeria and pull people out of poverty.