Ijebu-Remo, Ogun – Doyin Okupe, a former spokesperson to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, who recently served as the Director General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign, has died.
The former presidential aide reportedly died on Friday morning, March 7. Okupe hailed from a prominent family in Ogun state, the Agbonmagbe family of Iperu-Remo.
Okupe, who was a medical doctor who turned politician, served under former President Olusegun Obasanjo as special adviser on media and publicity and later acted as the senior special assistant on public affairs to ex-President Jonathan.
According to Leadership, Okupe was born on March 22, 1952. The late politician was the co-founder of the Royal Cross Medical Centre. He was a one-time publicity secretary of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), a movement that was aborted on the third republic.
Under the reign of the late General Sani Abacha, Okupe was detailed by the military government and was disqualified from participating in the primary of the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP).
The late medical practitioner recently became an advocate and enthusiast of President Bola Tinubu’s administration after he dumped the Labour Party and parted ways with its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
