Obi picks Obasanjo’s ex-aide, Osuntokun as replacement for Okupe

The Labour Party has appointed former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Akin Osuntokun as the new Director General of its Presidential Campaign.

This was announced by the party’s National Chairman, Julious Abure, in Abuja, on Tuesday.

He said the decision was reached after wide consultations with party stakeholders across board.

Until recently, Osuntokun was the Zonal Coordinator (South) of the campaign council. A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Osuntokun served as Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and as Director of the Presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party in 2011.