Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson has passed away.
According to reports, Okupe died on Friday morning in Lagos, aged 72, after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Okupe served as spokesman to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and later as senior special assistant on public affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was the director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign in 2023.
A medical practitioner, Okupe joined the LP from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the 2023 general election.
He resigned his membership of the LP in January 2024, about 10 months after the election.
In November 2024, Okupe said he would no longer support Peter Obi, standard-bearer of the LP in the last election.
Okupe was born in Iperu, Ogun state on March 22, 1952. He earned his medical degree from the University of Ibadan in Oyo state.
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