Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has appointed a former presidential aide, Mr. Akin Osuntokun, as the Director-General of his Campaign Council.
National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure announced Osuntokun’s appointment, on Tuesday, after a strategic meeting of the Party, which had Mr. Obi, members of the National Working Committee of the Party and several political candidates of the party in attendance.
Osuntokun, who is a Political Scientist and strategist, served as Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo
He was also Director of the presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011.
His appointment followed the resignation of Dr Doyin Okupe as the LP presidential campaign DG.
Okupe quit the role after a Federal High Court convicted him of breaching the Money Laundering Act, last Monday.
Speaking on Osuntokun’s appointment, Abure described him as a “worthy and trustworthy” replacement for Okupe.
