After conviction, Okupe steps down as Obi’s campaign DG
Dr Doyin Okupe, the Director General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 elections has resigned his position following his conviction over money laundering charges. Okupe announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, dated December 20, 2022. In the letter, Okupe […]
Dr Doyin Okupe, the Director General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 elections has resigned his position following his conviction over money laundering charges.
Okupe announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, dated December 20, 2022.
In the letter, Okupe said he has invested so much in the Labour Party campaign to allow his personal travails to become a source of distraction, hence his decision to step aside.
He pleaded with Peter Obi to appoint a new campaign director general, who will continue the assignment with zero distractions.
- Poor feeding: NAHCON gets N107m refund for Nigerian pilgrims
- Boko Haram attacks Borno village, burns silos, houses
Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, said if given the mandate next year, he will dismantle the current governance structure, which he said has produced 133 million poor Nigerians.
Addressing the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Tuesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Obi said, “The structure they have today is the structure we want to destroy. It is the structure of criminality. It is a structure that produced 133 million people living in poverty.
“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,” he said.
Obi called on aged candidates vying for the presidential seat to retire, saying the task to rescue and restore Nigeria needs physical energy.
From Iniabasi Umo (Uyo) & Baba Martins (Abuja)