By Bukola Olasanmi
Barely a day after a Federal High Court convicted him of money laundering, the Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, has resigned his appointment as Head of the Council.
Doyin Okupe has been a formidable chieftain of the Labour Party and has led several campaigns on behalf of the party for Labour Party penetration in Nigeria.
He has also been the face of the party on television, wheeling from one media outfit to the other to talk a good game.
Okupe, in a letter to the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, said he would not allow his travails to rub off on the electoral trajectory of the Peter Obi campaign for the 2023 elections.
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The letter, addressed to Obi by Okupe, reads in part: “You will recall that I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking justice and clearing my name using the Nigerian Legal System to pursue same.
“I have invested too much in your campaign to allow my personal travails to become a source of distraction. °
“In the circumstances, I have opted to step aside and plead that you appoint a new Campaign DG who can continue the assignment with zero distractions,” he wrote.
Okupe, who was once a placeholder running mate for Obi, had also been kicked out of the Labour Party in his home state of Ogun, capping off a particularly rough year for the ex-Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan spokesperson.