By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau
The search for Dr. Doyin Okupe’s replacement may have come to an end as the leadership of the Labour Party in conjunction with the presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Tuesday announced Otunba Akin Osuntokun, a former aide to ex- President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as the new Director General (D-G) of the Presidential Campaign Council.
Osuntokun replaced former DG of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Okupe who announced his resignation in a letter last Tuesday following a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that convicted him of violating the Money Laundering Act.
His letter of resignation which was addressed personally to the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party stated that he will not want to be a distraction to the Obi-Datti Movement which has been sweeping through the political landscape of Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general election.
Prompt News can confirm that Obi’s Media Aide had earlier stated that a new helmsman to Head the Campaign Council would be announced within 48 hours.
But rising from a strategic meeting of the party, which had Obi, members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party and several political candidates of the party in attendance, the LP National Chairman, Julius Abure had the honour to announce Osuntokun as the new campaign D-G.
Abure described the former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as a “worthy and trustworthy” replacement for Okupe.
Osuntokun became the South-West leader of the party after he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the LP in August 2022.
