The Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, on Thursday, formally terminated his assignment as a placeholder vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).
The LP is now set to unveil its substantive vice presidential candidate who will be on the presidential ticket with Mr Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election.
Okupe announced Thursday afternoon via his social media handles that “This afternoon, I submitted my withdrawal letter from the position of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party to INEC.
“A replacement will be announced by the national chairman of the party shortly.
“I feel greatly blessed to have been part of the foundation of success for the LP.”
Meanwhile, Datti Ahmed has just been unveiled as Obi’s running mate.
This followed were media reports in the last 48 hours that the Labour Party had settled for the owner of Baze University and former member of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (Senator) Datti Ahmed from Kaduna State as its substantive vice-presidential candidate.
This was after confirmation by Okupe that the alliance talks with Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso had collapsed about two weeks ago.
Kwankwaso had reportedly insisted on being the presidential candidate of the alliance instead of the running mate in spite of the growing sentiments fir a Southern presidency after the North ‘s eight-year rule by President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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