'Peter Obi not a Labour Party person' — Okupe discloses reason for ex-Anambra gov's LP choice

Doyin Okupe, former director-general (DG) of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign in 2023, has said the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, never believed in the ideologies of the party.

According to Okupe, the LP was just a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the 2023 presidential election.

Okupe spoke while featuring on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Tuesday, April 23.

He said: “The LP for us — for Peter Obi and I — and those in the leadership of the movement… The party was a special purpose vehicle (SPV).

"I have never been a labour person, I have never operated on the left before but we needed a platform and this was the only platform readily available to us.

“Peter Obi is not a labour person. He is not a leftist person, he is a trader, he is a businessman just like me."