‘I am not interested’ — LP deputy campaign manager denies claim of replacing Okupe

Isaac Bulami, national deputy campaign manager of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, says he is not interested in taking over as director-general of the council.

Bulami said this in a statement issued on Tuesday by Olusegun Dosunmu, his spokesperson.

Earlier on Tuesday, Doyin Okupe resigned from his position as the director-general of the LP presidential campaign council.

Okupe’s resignation followed his conviction over breach of the Money Laundering Act.

Prior to Okupe’s resignation, there had been speculations that Bulami would be announced as the new DG of the campaign council.

However, in the statement, the deputy campaign manager said he is not interested in the position, and asked the public to disregard the claim.

“The general public may wish to take note and disregard a false publication with the title: ‘Labour Party May Announce Isaac Balami as Okupe’s Replacement’,” the statement reads.

“My attention has been drawn to a fallacious and very disturbing news with the caption above making the rounds, especially on social media.

“I wish to hereby address the report with the above heading as completely false and baseless. It is a deliberate falsehood against my person and office in the present political dispensation, calculated to serve the selfish and dastardly intentions of certain remote persons aiming to distract and derail the cohesion so far responsible for the unending successes of the Labour Party’s campaigns across Nigeria.

“This allegation, a false representation of my personality, is not only spurious but malicious. It is a futile effort to pitch me and my office against my superiors and my fellow hardworking campaign council members, whom I have always had the utmost regard and love for.

“The news is a piece from mischief makers who think they can derail our great Labour Party and also diminish the influence of the next President of Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr Peter Obi, by attacking the unity of purpose of his campaign team working hard to make Nigeria great again.

“I must therefore and hereby unequivocally reiterate that I am not interested in the office of the Director General of the Obi/Datti Presidential campaign. I am only here to serve in any role assigned to me by my superiors at the campaign council.

“This statement must therefore lay to rest the fabricated lies and insinuations that have thus fallen short being weak and untimely. Our strong family bond in Labour Party will onlt grow stronger and more intentional – our focus on victory will never shift.

“All who intend to repeat or continue the publication of spurious and unfounded stories and allegations against either my person and office or against anyone for that matter in the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council should desist from this forthwith.

“Anyone sponsoring these selfishly motivated and deliberate campaign of calumny aimed at causing disaffection amongst our presidential campaign council has failed and has hereby been warned.”

He expressed appreciation to LP members for their support, adding that the party has what it takes to win in the 2023 elections.