Okupe, Zarewa lead Peter Obi’s campaign as LP announces 1,234-member team (FULL LIST)
The LP says membership of the presidential campaign team was drawn from the six geo-political zones of the country.
The Labour Party (LP) has announced the composition of its 2023 presidential campaign council.
The list, comprising 1,234 names, was presented at an event on Wednesday in Abuja.
Although the event was tagged “Pre Campaign World Press Conference,” it was largely attended by the supporters of the presidential candidates.
Talking about the composition of the team, the Secretary of the LP, Umar Farouk, said the list has members of the party from the six geopolitical zones as well as People Living With Disabilities.
A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Mohammed Zarewa, was named as chairman while Doyin Okupe, a former media aide to Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, was officially unveiled as the director general of the team.
Clement Ojukwu and Yunusa Tanko were also announced as Secretary and chief spokesperson of the campaign council respectively.
Speaking at the event, Mr Okupe extolled Nigerians’ “renewed love and support for Mr Obi and the LP” ahead of the general polls.c
He criticised the 2023 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly last week.
Although Mr Buhari said the 2023 budget of N20.5 trillion would address some of the challenges facing the country, Mr Okupe argued that it may bring more hardship on people in the coming years if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) remains in power.
Against the backdrop of the arguments that Mr Obi does not have a political structure and may not go beyond social media support base, the DG challenged the two leading parties and their supporters to brace up for a political tsunami that will sweep them off the political scene in the coming elections.
Utilizing the renewed interest of the youth and figures recorded by INEC from its just concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as a yardstick, Mr Okupe claimed Mr Obi has a “minimum of 15 million votes already.”
He also claimed that more than 50 per cent of people supporting the LP candidate have PVCs and should not be underestimated.
“Over 50% of these people on social media platforms are ‘Obidients’ and with starting (campaign), we have a home run of minimum of 15 million votes,” he said, amid applause from party faithful.
INEC recorded over 12 million fresh applicants for Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the CVR exercise which started on June 20the 21 and ended on 31 July.
