Former President Jonathan aid, who later decamped to the Labour party, Doyin Okupe, who is also the Director General of the party’s presidential campaign has lost his membership in the party. Ogun state Labour party chairman, Michel Ashade declared this yesterday during a media briefing in Abeokuta, saying Okupe and 10 others have seized to be part of the Labour party in the state for their failure to remit the dues of the party in six months. Ashade declared that Okupe is no longer competent to continue as a member of the party and by extension the director General campaign for the party’s presidential campaign.
In his statement he partly reads said; “Therefore, in line with article 19(3) of the Labour Party constitutional provision, we declare that Dr Doyin Okupe, having failed in the payment of his membership dues for the last six months of joining the party, has forfeited his membership of the party and no longer fit and competent to continue to act as the DG of the presidential campaign council (PCC),”
He added, “We hereby notify our national chairman, barrister Julius Abure, and Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, that it’s expedient to obey the constitution of the Labour Party by immediately appointing another DG for the PCC, and that should come from the north to reflect the federal character and political balance.
“We challenge Dr Doyin Okupe to provide evidence of any payment in respect of membership dues prior to today into any bank account of the party” Ashade added.
