- Former LP director-general Doyin Okupe claims Peter Obi didn’t embrace party ideologies, using LP as a vehicle for election
- Okupe, citing ideological disparities, resigned after Obi’s defeat, asserting Obi’s alignment with labour principles and his focus on Nigeria’s issues
Doyin Okupe, a former director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign, asserted that Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate, never embraced the party’s ideologies.
In an interview on Arise TV, Okupe described the LP as merely a special-purpose vehicle (SPV) utilized by Obi for the presidential election.
Okupe, who resigned from the party in January citing ideological disparities, emphasized that his association with the party ceased immediately after Obi’s electoral defeat.
“Peter Obi does not align with labour principles. He is not leftist; he is a trader, a businessman, akin to myself. I am a liberal democrat, advocating for liberal democracy and free enterprise,” Okupe remarked.
Responding to Okupe’s remarks, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, the Chief Spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Campaign Committee, dismissed Okupe’s comments as trivial, asserting that Obi is focused on addressing pressing issues affecting Nigeria.
“Peter Obi is primarily dedicated to fulfilling his promises to the Nigerian people. Often, politicians divert attention to trivial matters, but Obi is committed to contributing to solving Nigeria’s challenges,” Tanko remarked.