Doyin Okupe: I Can No Longer Support Peter Obi, Our Agreement Was for a Southern President

Doyin Okupe, who previously served as the Director-General of Peter Obi’s 2023 presidential campaign, has announced that he will no longer support the former Anambra State governor.Okupe recently defended his endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s economic recovery plan, responding to critics who claimed he had made the wrong choice. ...(CONTINUE READING)

He expressed these views during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.Before the 2023 elections, Okupe was a key supporter of Peter Obi, aligning himself with the former governor’s presidential bid.In an interview with Daily Post, Okupe explained that he could no longer back Obi, stating, “I cannot support Peter Obi again.

We had an agreement that a Southern president should be elected, and when Baba Adebanjo reached out to me asking which zone this president should come from, I said it should be the South East. We rallied behind that cause, and many respected Yoruba leaders also supported you. So why now publicly undermine us? That is unacceptable.”