Ogun LP expels Obi’s campaign DG, Okupe, 10 others

The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has dismissed the Director General of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, and 10 others over non-financial membership status, high-handedness and financial recklessness.

The state Chairman of the party, Michael Ashade, who announced this yesterday, said the offences committed by the LP members breached its constitution.

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Ashade, flanked by the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Abayomi, and the state Secretary, Feyisola Michael, said Okupe ceased to be a party member after his failure to meet the mandatory constitutional requirement to fulfill membership status.

He said, “In line with Article 19(3) of the Labour Party’s constitution we declare that Dr Doyin Okupe, having failed in the payment of his membership dues for the last six months of joining the party, has forfeited his membership of the party and is no longer fit and competent to continue to act as the DG of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

“We hereby notify our National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, and the LP presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, that it’s expedient to obey the constitution of the party by immediately appointing another DG for the PCC, and that should come from the North to reflect federal character and political balance

“We challenge Dr Doyin Okupe to provide evidence of any payment in respect of membership dues prior to today into any bank account of the party.”

Effort to get Okupe to react to the development proved abortive.