Labour Party rips Okupe following resignation

Opposition Labour Party has ripped Doyin Okupe, one-time director-general of its presidential candidate Peter Obi’s campaign. Obiora Ifoh, LP’s national publicity secretary, picked offence with Okupe’s excuse for resigning from the party. The former PDP stalwart Okupe had said his “rightist”, “liberal” ideology clashes with that of the LP, which positions itself as being left of the center.  Okupe, in the letter, also said he and the presidential candidate, Obi, merely used the Labour Party as a “Special Purpose Vehicle”.

However, the LP did not take kindly to Okupe’s choice of words, accusing him of ‘mischief’.

He said, “Okupe is aware that the Labour Party is ideologically rooted in the left of the center, and he admitted that he has been a rightist and a Liberal Democrat all his entire life, one wonders what he was looking for in a party that is diametrically opposed to his ideological leaning. What kind of political harlotry was he exhibiting by finding no qualms in jumping from one party to another with such ease.

“His exit from Labour Party is not in any way surprising to us. In a true character of traditional politicians who moves from place to another, he was in PDP, from PDP to APC and then Labour Party and we won’t be surprised if he goes back to his vomit and embrace either APC or PDP all over again. It is all about where food is ready.

“Our system in Labour Party does not support political opportunists. I ask again, had Labour Party declared winner of the presidential election, will Okupe remain with the party or jump ship in adherence to his ideological leaning?”

“We must recall that Okupe was forced to abdicate office halfway into the campaign because of the baggage’s he came with from the other party where he served. The courts whipped him into early political menopause, so he really didn’t contribute much into the Labour Party’s success in the 2023 electoral voyage, however we are glad he acknowledged that we offered him shelter.”