My trial, conviction politically motivated – Former Peter Obi campaign DG, Okupe

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”.