Akin Osuntokun, a former aide to President Olusegun Obasanjo, has been announced as the new Director General of Peter Obi and Datti Ahmed campaign council.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, Tuesday announced
Osuntokun as replacement for former DG of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe.
Okupe had announced his resignation in a letter last Tuesday following a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that convicted him of violating the Money Laundering Act.
The letter was addressed personally to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
Osuntokun appointment was concluded at a strategic meeting of the party, which had Obi, members of the National Working Committee and several political candidates of Labour Party in attendance.
The LP National Chairman, Julius Abure announced Osuntokun as the new campaign DG.
Abure described the former managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria as a “worthy and trustworthy” replacement for Okupe.
Osuntokun who joined the party in August following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party was the South West leader of the party before his new appointment.
