The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun has expressed sadness over the death of former Presidential Spokesman and former Director General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe.
Mr Tunde Oladunjoye, the State Publicity Secretary of APC, in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday, quoted the State Chairman , Yemi Sanusi to have described the death of the late popular politician as “saddening”.
According to the statement, the loss of Okupe, who gave his all, not only to his professional calling, as a medical practitioner, but also to all the various assignments he found himself in the course of his rich political journey.
“Dr Okupe was a jovial and straightforward politician, that you can always know where he stood at any point in time even if you feel he was wrong .
” He never played politics of bitterness while he lived,” he said.
The state party chairman was quoted to have remarked that it was heartwarming that after his political sojourns, Okupe before his death, returned to the progressive fold to openly demonstrate his unconditional support for President Bola Tinubu.
“Ogun State has indeed lost one of her great political stars who will be sorely missed at this critical time and journey of national, political and economic reconstruction of our land.
“We console the family of the late politician, including our Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who not only hailed from the same town with the Okupe but was actually related with him .
” May God grants the family, friends and associates the much needed fortitude to bear the painful loss,” he said.
