LP mourns ex-campaign DG, Okupe
Tamarauemi Ebimini
The Labour Party leadership on Friday rued the loss of its former Director-General of the LP Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 election, Dr Doyin Okupe, saying he would be sorely missed.
He died in the early hours of Friday in Lagos after battling a protracted illness.
He died at the age of 72.
In a condolence message issued in Abuja, the National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, described Okupe as a great personality.
Abure recalled how the late Ogun State elder statesman first served as a placeholder for the party’s vice presidential candidacy before he ‘honourably’ relinquished it with the understanding that such position should be zoned to the North.
He said, “Before joining Labour Party in 2022, Okupe had played key roles in Nigerian politics, having served as the National Publicity Secretary of the National Republican Convention. However, his active participation in LP’s push for the 2023 presidency clearly revealed his charisma and statesmanship.
“Although he resigned his membership of the party last year based on principles, his fraternity with the party didn’t cease, neither did he stop giving us invaluable advice. We cherished his short but impactful association with the party leadership great virtues we will be missing in him.
“Certainly, Nigeria has lost an astute politician whose desire for a great nation was unquestionable. We believe that though he still has so much to offer this nation, death has brutally forced him to write the last chapter of his life.
