Doyin Okupe, the former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to
Ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has given reasons he returned to the
People’s Democratic Party,PDP ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Okupe said his relationship with Senate President, Bukola Saraki
after he declared to join the presidential race led to his return to the
opposition party.
Okupe who was appointed the DG of Saraki’s campaign team told
Tribune: “I can say two things were responsible for my return to PDP.
One was my relationship with the Senate president, a long time
relationship. When he stepped out to contest for the president, I felt
highly obliged.
“That was a major contest in his life and I also believe in his
candidacy. So, I felt obliged to support and I knew that the country
more than personal dispositions matters most and this reason is not just
mine, every other person that I have met in this business of 2019 also
feel the same.
“So, if he was going to run for president and he decided to change
his party from All Progressives Congress, (APC) to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), I have no choice but to come to PDP.
“The second reason was that when I left, I didn’t have problem with anybody. I didn’t have trouble with anybody.
“Nobody denied me of anything and I didn’t ask for anything but I
wasn’t just very happy with the structure of leadership of the party,
which I think has changed and it can accommodate people. I can say we
are professionals in this business.”