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General News of Tuesday, 27 December 2022

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Peter Obi appoints former Obasanjo adviser as new campaign DG

Akin Osuntokun Akin Osuntokun

Mr. Akin Osuntokun has been appointed as the new Director General of the Peter Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign.

The former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo will take on the reigns of the party after Doyin Okupe's resignation late last week.

The appointment of Osuntokun was made known by party’s National Chairman, Julious Abure, in Abuja, on Tuesday, December 27, reports Politics Nigeria.

He said the decision was reached after wide consultations with party stakeholders across the board.

Until recently, Osuntokun was the Zonal Coordinator (South) of the campaign council. A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Osuntokun served as Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and as Director of the Presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party in 2011.