Okupe dumps Labour Party; set to join APC

The Labour Party says Doyin Okupe, former Campaign Director of its Presidential Campaign Council in the last election has always been a "PDP man".

This follows the news of his resignation from the party.

According to several reports, Okupe resigned from the party on Monday, January following ideological differences that emerged after the polls.

Reacting, The National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Mr Obiora Ifoh, said Okupe, a former spokesman for ex-presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, has always been a Peoples Democratic Party man.

The party nonetheless appreciated Okupe’s efforts to ensure that the party won the last election, even though it was defeated by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at the presidential level.

“We wish him very well. We want to say that he is saying that he is leaving because he is a Liberal Democrat, while the Labour Party is a Social Democrat.

“It is also a good thing because he is not expected to be in a territory where his ideological bent will be confused or different. He has always been a PDP man, so the Labour Party expects that he will return to anywhere he wants to be.

“We wish him all the best in his future political pursuits. Though we saw the letter on social media, we have not received it officially,” Ifoh told Daily Trust on Monday.

Meanwhile, reports Okupe will join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and may be received by the national chairman of the APC, Dr Umar Ganduje in Abuja or Ogun State.

Recall that Okupe on December 21, 2022, resigned as Peter Obi’s Campaign Director over a corruption conviction.

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