2023: ‘I am Labour Party’s stand-in Vice Presidential Candidate’ – Doyin Okupe

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On Friday, former presidential spokesperson Dr Doyin Okupe said he is ‘standing in’ as the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour party.

He announced this during a television interview, adding that if his candidacy holds, he will run alongside Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential elections.

Reports state that they chose Dr Okupe as a placeholder to beat INEC’s deadline for submitting the name of a vice-presidential candidate.

“Choosing the vice-presidential candidate is an electoral process, and it does not stop until the process and schedule ends.

“INEC allows you to present a candidate, and later on, if you want to substitute, you may do so. But if it’s unnecessary, you may as well continue.

“So in the present situation, we believe this Labour party government is essentially going to be about young Nigerians.

“Those of us who have been part and parcel of our sordid past must be prepared to pay the sacrifice, even the personal sacrifice, of allowing a situation we can lift our youths to positions of power and authority.

“I will put down my back, so that young people can stand and come to the top,” Dr Okupe said.

ChannelsTV/Suzan O.