Former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Akin Osuntokun was on Tuesday, December 27, 2023, appointed as the Director-General (DG) of the Labour Party (LP), Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
Osuntokun, who succeeds Dr. Doyin Okupe, was also a Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Before his new appointment, Osuntokun was the Zonal Coordinator (South) of the Labour Party Campaign Council. He was also Director of the Presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2011.
Okupe resigned as the Director General of the campaign council for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, following his conviction by a Federal High Court in Abuja for money laundering.
The trial judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on December 19, 2022 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 which were to run concurrently with an option of a fine.
Okupe, a known ally of Obi in their days in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the duo joined the LP this year, however paid the option of N13m fine and escaped going to jail.
Following his conviction by the Court, Okupe, resigned as the Director General of the Obi/Dati Campaigns Council.
