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The Labour Party has announced a former presidential aide Akin Osuntokun as the new Director-General (DG) of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

Osuntokun succeeds Doyin Okupe who resigned of late as the director-general of the campaign council for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Channels Television had exclusively reported on December 19, 2022 that Oshuntokun was a front runner to take Okupe’s position.

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.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on December 19, 2022 had found Okupe guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, ruling that his action violated the Money Laundering Act.

The court held that Okupe was guilty in counts 34, 35, 36, and 59 and sentenced him to two years imprisonment with an option of a fine.

Okupe, an ally of Obi right from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the duo joined the LP this year, subsequently paid a N13m fine and escaped being jailed.

Okupe, a former aide to then President Goodluck Jonathan, later resigned as the director-general of Obi’s campaigns.

Osuntokun, who is from Ekiti State, was a former managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria.

Political analysts said he has an on-field political experience.
He is a Nigerian political scientist, strategist, researcher, administrator, journalist and writer, with experience in media advocacy, policy research and implementation and political analysis. A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Osuntokun served as Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and as Director of the presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011

yarimo:
Hehehe south easterners party

yarimo:
Hehehe south easterners party

Felabrity:
he is a Yoruba person bst

A former aide to Obasanjo

Obaofaba:
Obi is an opportunistist presidential candidate just like Sowore but unlike Sowore who's credible and unblemished though not tested, obi is marred with empty noises with nothing to campaign with except reading a purported WhatsApp group messages to his Nzogbu Nzogbu wannabes who were hailing him because they are heedless mob that can't reason on their own.

yarimo:
I told OBI not to waste his time he can't win -- billionaire elder stateman EZE

OBI knows he is not going anywhere -- soludo Anambra state governor

Obaofaba:
Obi is an opportunistist presidential candidate just like Sowore but unlike Sowore who's credible and unblemished though not tested, obi is marred with empty noises with nothing to campaign with except reading a purported WhatsApp group messages to his Nzogbu Nzogbu wannabes who were hailing him because they are heedless mob that can't reason on their own.

Rapuru14:
Why crying this hot afternoon

femisplash:
Pandora fraud would always go back to PDP to pick his men yet those idiots come online to say they have rejected PDP. Who are the biggest fools?

Lexio01:
This is a good choice if you ask me

Obaofaba:
On the contrary you are the one crying because it's getting clearer your fraud of a candidate will be severely disgraced.

Tell me why I should vote him. I have tried to verify, but as resourceful as Google is, what I saw is an eyesore about your principal records in Anambra State.

He's an irredeemable failure.

Nwaetche:
No be small, Akin is a master strategist with intimidating credentials.

corleone21:
Stop crying

sleek214:
Ok. He wants to win general election and he couldn't look for a formidable person from the north as DG. Yet Obidients will be doubting Thursday/ARISE Projection. February is not far.

garfield1:
Not good,he should have chosen a northerner

MrALIVE:
are you more interested in who becomes president of Nigeria to better your life or who becomes the DG of a presidential candidate??