Okupe has indicted his former boss,
Goodluck Jonathan
– Okupe says the Jonathan administration
which he was part of, didn’t take the Yoruba
race seriously
– Okupe made the statement at a political
gathering in Lagos today, April 21
Former senior special assistant on public
affairs to the immediate past president,
Goodluck Jonathan; Chief Doyin Okupe
stirred up controversy today in Lagos with a
comment against the government of his
former boss.
Okupe, who was speaking at the gathering
of South west chieftains of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) said the government
of Jonathan didn’t take the Yoruba race
seriously.
Chief Doyin Okupe speaking at the event
earlier today.
The former presidential aide comment was
informed by the rumours making rounds in
the PDP that the party has zoned the slot of
the party chairmanship to the North east
region of the country.
Okupe called on party leaders to avoid the
pitfalls of the Jonathan administration which
he suggested erred in its zoning policies
within its government and the PDP.
”Yorubas are not slaves, we deserve the
PDP chairmanship seat.” Okupe submitted.
Also speaking at the event, the minister of
state for the Federal Capital Territory in the
Jonathan government, Mrs Jumoke Akinjide
said the South west won’t sell its birthright.
According to her, no one has the audacity to
say the South west does not want or
deserve the chairmanship of the PDP.
She called on party leaders in the South
west to ”stand firm and tall and resolve, that
we in the South west will take the
Chairmanship of the PDP.”
Other chieftains of the PDP at the meeting
include former minister of transport; Chief
Ebenezer Babatope, former works minister;
Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, former board
chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority;
Chief Olabode George and former House of
Representatives member, Honourable Wole
Oke, others.
Just yesterday, April 20, the PDP Youth
Frontier (PDPYF) warned the leadership of
the party not to manipulate its zoning
formula.
The group also warned the deputy national
chairman of the party, Prince Uche
Secondus, the national publicity secretary,
Chief Olisa Metuh and other NWC members
angling to retain their seats to forget the
idea.
The PDPYF further demanded for the full
implementation of the post election review
committee headed by Deputy Senate
President, Ike Ekweremadu.
The Ekweremadu committee was set up in
May 2015 after the party lost the
presidential election in April 2015 and
suffered heavy losses in the gubernatorial
elections across the federation a week later,
especially in the North.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the PDP’s
zoning committee and governor of Akwa
Ibom state, Udom Emmanuel, has
assured members of the party that his
committee will ensure equitable zoning of all
the PDP national offices and elective
political offices.
Emmanuel stated this after the inaugural
meeting of the committee in government
house, Uyo.
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