Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Labour Party (LP) has announced the appointment of Dr Akin Osuntokun as the new Director General of its presidential campaign council.
Osuntokun’s appointment followed the resignation of Dr Doyin Okupe as Director General after his conviction for money laundering.
Announcing the appointment at a strategic meeting with Labour Party candidates, presidential campaign council members and other stakeholders in Abuja on Tuesday, the national chairman of the party, Barrister Julius Abure, said the appointment became necessary after the resignation of Okupe.
He stated that even though the party will miss Okupe’s wealth of experience, but they have no option than to accept his resignation because of some circumstances.
Abure stated that Osuntokun who before his appointment was the zonal coordinator of the presidential campaign council in the South West, has the capacity and experience to drive the Obi-Datti campaign to success.
Osuntokun served as Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007.
Okupe’s resignation followed a judgement by the Federal High Court in Abuja which found him guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.
