Former presidential spokesman, Doctor Doyin Okupe is dead

He died on Friday morning in Lagos, at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. The politician was the special assistant on media and publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, senior special assistant on public affairs to former president Goodluck Jonathan, and also the director-general of peter obi’s 2023 presidential campaign

In his reaction, Governor Dapo Abiodun described his death as another personal loss, coming after the death of the Alaperu of Iperu Remo. The governor paid tribute to late Okupe [O-Ku-Pe] saying he remained a patriotic statesman and a committed member of the progressive political family, until his death

The state Apc Chairman, Chief Yemi Sanusi [Yem-Mi Sha-Nuu-Si] also described him as a politician who played politics without bitterness Chief Sanusi [Sha-Nuu-Si] in a statement by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Ambassador Tunde Oladunjoye [Toon-Deh Ola-Dun-Jo-Ye], said okupe’s [O-Ku-Pe’s] death was saddening and another minus to Ogun State in recent times