Nigerian politician Doyin Okupe claimed that he had told the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that he would not serve in his government if he won the election.
Okupe claimed that he volunteered to be an elder statesman and private adviser to the President.
He said Obi is alive to confirm or refute his assertion.
The former Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos.
He stated that those insulting him for supporting President Bola Tinubu’s economic recovery plan are ignorant.
He argued that his attackers were mere political urchins with a penchant for insulting those who know more than them.
The former presidential spokesman said he had seen enough in the country and that he was not as narrow-minded as his critics.
He said, “I supported Peter Obi out of a commitment to patriotism and nationalistic fervour, not because I don’t know who I am in national politics or where I come…