Meet Peter Obi’s Campaign DG, Akin Osuntokun, And Few Things You Need To Know About

The Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday named Akin Osuntokun as the new Director-General (DG) of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

Osuntokun succeeded Dr. Doyin Okupe who stepped aside last week following the Federal High Court condemning him to two years jail term for violating the Money Laundering Act.

Okupe resigned on his own accord last week after he was sentenced to jail by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on December 19, 2022, for violating the Money Laundering Act.

The court found Okupe guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.

Below Are Few Things To Know About Osuntokun;

1. Akin Osuntokun is a 61-year-old Nigerian political scientist, strategist, researcher, administrator, journalist, and writer.

2. He also has rich experience in media advocacy, policy research, and implementation and political analysis.

3. He hails from Ekiti State, the Southwestern part of Nigeria.

4. He had his education at Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, and the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.

5. Osuntokun was appointed as a Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007.

6. He became the Director of the Presidential Campaign of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2011 general elections.

7. He was the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from 2011 – 2015.

8. He also served as the Managing Director of Odua Printing Corporation.

9. Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi in July 2021 appointed Osuntokun as the chairman of the Ooni caucus which has other 27 members.

10. As an indigene of Ekiti, he is the current Balogun (war commander) of Okemesi.

BY IYABO AINA

Publisher News Rain Nigeria