BREAKING: Labour Party Appoints Oshuntokun As DG Presidential Campaign Council

Balogun Akin Oshuntokun has just been announced as the new D-G of the Labour Party Presidential candidate (Peter Obi) Campaign Council

Until his new appointment, he was the the Officer in charge of South West in the Campaign Council.

The announcement was made in Abuja on Tuesday by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, at the beginning of a strategic meeting for candidates, National Working Committee, State Chairmen and State Coordinators; with Peter Obi in attendance.

Prof. Osuntokun is a Nigerian political scientist, strategist, researcher, administrator, journalist and writer, with experience in media advocacy, policy research and implementation and political analysis.

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He is a former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, served as Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and as Director of the Presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party in 2011.

He has sat on the board of several public corporations and also contributes to newspaper columns.

Recall that Doyin Okupe was on Monday, December 19, found guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja.

He had to resign and a replacement sought for him.