Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Okupe expressed optimism that Obi had at least 15 million voters “in the bag,” while 80 per cent of new voters were supporters.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Labour Party (LP) has announced its presidential campaign council for the 2023 general elections comprising 1,234 members.
The party unveiled the council at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, were not in attendance at the unveiling.
Obi wrote in a tweet that he was attending the ICAN 52nd Annual Accountants’ Conference.
A former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, was named Director-General of the Labour Party Campaign Organisation, while Clement Ojukwu and Yunusa Tanko were named secretary and spokesperson of the council respectively.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Okupe expressed optimism that Obi had at least 15 million voters “in the bag,” while 80 per cent of new voters were supporters.
According to him, about 60 per cent of Nigeria’s 38 million social media users were registered to vote, adding that 50 per cent of the figure are ‘Obidients’.
Okupe said the processes through which Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar emerged as presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are “dishonourable” and “flawed”.
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“In all honesty, these errors of selfish and opportunistic political manipulation are not only short-sighted and dangerous, but strike at the very heart of Nigeria’s peaceful coexistence, and in fact the very survival of the nation as an entity,” Okupe said.
“And that is why, in response to this affront to good judgement, more than at any time in our history, our country is today witnessing her hottest, fiercest and most dynamic citizen-led political experience, spearheaded largely by the youth population.”
Okupe described the ‘Obidient’ movement as organic.
“At this juncture, for the avoidance of doubt, let me state here clearly that our party, the Labour Party, as well as the Obi-Datti presidential ticket of the party, have not spent a kobo to organise, influence, or secure the massive following and support we have been getting from the Obidient Movement to date,” he added.