The Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has mocked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the recent rally held in support of its 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Okupe, in an interview on a television programme at the weekend, described the five million-man solidarity rally for Tinubu in Lagos as a catch up not well done.
The rally, convened by the chairman of transport workers in the State, Musiliu Akinsanya, a.k.a MC Oluomo, is considered as a reply to a series of rallies earlier held in support of the LP candidate, Peter Obi, in Lekki, FESTAC, Ikeja and Surulere.
While criticisms have continued to trail the rally which grounded activities in the state, Okupe said the counter rally did not match the zeal of Nigerian youth fronting the OBIdient movement across the country.
One of the greatest things that has happened in this dispensation is that a four-month-old party is now so much in leadership that parties that have existed for 20 years and more are playing a catch-up game and it is not being done very well. I want to congratulate the APC for the efforts made today. What you saw was not a Lagos rally. We are a very sophisticated group, a group driven by and powered by youths”, Okupe said.
Without evidence, the LP campaign DG claimed that some people seen at Tinubus rally were imported from other South-Western States and should not be compared to the ‘organic’ crowd that attended rallies held in support of Peter Obi. Okupe further said he recognised about four or five people from his primary constituency in Ogun State in the video clips of the APC rally, while others could recognise many more persons from Oyo, Osun, among others.
He also offered an explanation into the constant visits of Peter Obi to Nigerians in the Diaspora, saying the reason behind Obis visits to Nigerians in Diaspora is to sell himself to some of the major stakeholders in our communities who have a lot of influence back home on the Nigerian communities, and not to raise funds.
Okupe unveiled a website for his campaign, through a post on his official Twitter handle on Friday.
