Doyin Okupe withdraws from Presidential Race, backs Peter Obi

Presidential hopeful, Doyin Okupe has withdrawn from the 2023 race and has thrown his weight behind the ambition of ex-governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi.

He made this known on Wednesday at a press conference held at the Iwe Iroyin Press Centre in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Okupe also enjoined all other aspirants in the Party from the South to team up with the former Anambra state Governor.

He accused the PDP leadership of driving presidential aspirants to “fait accompli”, saying “those at the helm of affairs of the party are trying to hoodwink those of us aspirants from the South to commit ourselves to obtain the requisite forms before coming up with the original position that ‘every zone can contest the presidency. This position is politically fraudulent, unjust and inequitable.”

He further stated that he had consulted far and wide with the political stakeholders in the South and decided that power be zoned to the South-East in the spirit of fairness.