The Leadership of the Labour Party has bemoaned the loss of Dr. Doyin Okupe, the Director-general of its presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 elections, saying he would be sorely missed.
He succumbed to death in the early hours of Friday during the course of a protracted illness. He died at the ago of 72.
Julius Abure, the National Chairman of the Labour Party described Okupe as a great personality in a condolence message released in Abuja.
Mr Julius noted that the elder statesman was first acted as a placeholder for the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election before toying the path of honor by relinquishing the position in alignment with the opinion that the 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.