Tag: Okupe

2027: ‘Why Atiku can’t be president’ – Okupe

Aminu Imam
Okupespeaks on Atiku

…Speaks on alleged gang-up against Tinubu  Former Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said former vice-president Atiku Abubakar cannot win the 2027 presidential election. Recall that Atiku contested the 2023 presidential election under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but lost to Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). His defeat in 2023 was his sixth unsuccessful bid for the presidency. He previously ran for the office in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 In an interview with newsmen yesterday, Okupe emphasised that the…

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“2023 presidential election wasn’t rigged; Peter Obi couldn’t have won” – Doyin Okupe

Aminu Imam
Doyin Okupe

A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign, Doyin Okupe, says the 2023 presidential election was not rigged by the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Okupe, a former spokesman for President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this in a statement yesterday, in Lagos. He said, “If Peter Obi, or the Labour Party (LP), says APC rigged elections, how come Obi was able to win in the home base of President Bola Tinubu? “How come APC lost election in the home base of the sitting President (Muhammadu…

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Minimum Wage: “Let every Governor decide for his State” – Okupe

Aminu Imam
Doyin Okupe

A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has faulted the National Minimum Wage Act which mandates governors of all the 36 States to pay a uniform minimum wage to the workers in their various States. Okupe, who was a guest on a television programme on Friday, said all governors should be allowed to decide on their own the amount they can pay. He said, “We should not make laws that is un-encompassing, which makes it compulsory for all governors in the federation to obey them. They are sub-nationalities on the own.…

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Money laundering: Court convicts Labour Party’s Doyin Okupe, gets 2-yr jail term  

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday convicted the Director-General of the Labour Party, LP’’s Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, for violating the Money Laundering Act. Okupe was found guilty of receiving the sum of N240 million from the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki.  The presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, sentenced Okupe to two years imprisonment in the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who stated that the accused breached the Money Laundering Act.  Justice Ojukwu stated that Okupe was guilty in…

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Just In! Court convicts Peter Obi’s campaign DG, Doyin Okupe for money laundering

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the Director-General of the Peter Obi presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, for money laundering. Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Okupe in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering and diversion of funds to the tune of N702 million. He was arraigned before Ijeoma Ojukwu, presiding judge, alongside two companies – Value Trust Investment Ltd and Abrahams Telecoms Ltd. Details to follow…

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2023: Okupe mocks APC, describes Tinubu’s Lagos rally as failed ‘catch-up’

Aminu Imam

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…

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Labour Party discussing coalition with NNPP, SDP – Okupe

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party’s vice-presidential candidate’, Doyin Okupe, has said the party is discussing with some political parties on forming a coalition for the 2023 elections. Okupe, who announced on Friday that he would be ‘standing in’ as running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, stated this during an interview on a television programme yesterday. According to him, the party is working towards creating the “largest political coalition” in the country to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). He said, “Our idea and reasoning…

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2023 Presidency: PDP may lose again if northern candidate emerges, Doyin Okupe warns

Aminu Imam

A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has warned the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), against presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election to avoid another major defeat. The PDP chieftain stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, yesterday. Okupe argued that the zoning arrangement in the PDP ended with the 2019 presidential election, but that some people within the party are insisting on presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 poll. He said major politicians were defecting from the party because of the issue…

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“I’m IBB’s ideal candidate for presidency in 2023”, Says Doyin Okupe

Aminu Imam

A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has expressed that former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), had him in mind when he described Nigeria’s next president. Recall that Babangida recently stated that Nigeria’s next president must be an individual who speaks to the citizens, understand economics, and have friends in every region. Speaking during a television programme on Friday, Okupe said the former Head of State “had me in mind” when he listed those qualities. He claimed, “there’s no local government in this country that I’ve not…

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