President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has denied reports that he got 100million dollars to be disbursed as campaign grants to some political parties.
An aide to Okupe, Deji Adeyanju, in a statement on Sunday said his boss’ attention has been drawn to the “very misleading and false story circulating on the social media about Okupe receiving about 100 million dollars from President Jonathan which he was supposed to have disbursed to certain groups.
The statement, making clarifications, noted that, “President Jonathan is alive and he’s still a sitting president and the Commander in Chief. He did not give Dr. Okupe any money for any group, person, association or political party for the purpose of this election.”
“Dr. Okupe was never a member of the Presidential Campaign Organization and neither did he function as a member or play any role in this regard.
“In his state of Ogun, Dr. Okupe was not the coordinator of the presidential campaign organization and was not in custody of any money for campaign and therefore, we wonder why anyone will even dream that Dr. Okupe received campaign funds for any group.
“Therefore, without any fear of equivocation we say that the story that Dr. Okupe was given 100 million dollars for Labour Party and Accord Party for the South West is blatantly false and there’s no iota of truth in it.
“Finally, as far as we are concerned, the elections have been fought and have been lost and won. Those who have any personal grudges or scores to settle with Dr. Okupe are at liberty to do so but be mindful of his right as a citizen and they should keep to what is true and lawful.”
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