Obi names Akin Osuntokun as DG of campaign organisation

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, on Tuesday announced Akin Osuntokun, a former aide to President Olusegun Obasanjo, as the new Director General of his campaign council.

Osuntokun replaces former DG of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, who resigned, via a letter last Tuesday following a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja, which convicted him of violating the Money Laundering Act.

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.

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Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, 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 People’s Democratic Party (PDP) before the duo joined the LP this year, subsequently paid a N13m fine and escaped being jailed.

He later resigned as the director-general of Obi’s campaigns.