Doyin Okupe Resigns From Labour Party

The former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe has resigned his membership in the party.

Okupe announced his resignation in a letter made available to Vanguard on Monday.

Okupe anchored his resignation on ideological differences that emerged after the 2023 elections.

He explained that his lifelong alignment with right-wing and liberal democratic principles clashed with LP’s left-of-centre ideology, making continued membership untenable.

You will recall that the Labour party ex-campign DGO was in December 2023 convicted by the Federal High Court in Abuja after being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for money laundering to the tune of N700m.

He was accused of illegally receiving money from a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, from the funds meant for arms procurement

He was jailed for two years but the judge placed an option of a fine of N13m, which he took and avoided time in prison.

Okupe a day after his conviction for money laundering, announced his withdrawal from the campaign of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, but vowed his support and loyalty to the party’s flagbearer.