Tag: Okupe
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EFCC releases Doyin Okupe on bail
A former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan Doyin Okupe, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC). The PDP had on Monday night by its spokesman, Kolapo Ologbondiyan on his official twitter handle announced the arrest of the former presidential aide. Recall that the EFCC had on the 9th of December summoned…
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PDP demands immediate release of Doyin Okupe
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of its chieftain, Doyin Okupe, currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The party in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the Party described Okupe’s arrest and detention…
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2019: EFCC storms Doyin Okupe’s residence
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday stormed the home of Doyin Okupe, a former aide to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan. Okupe made this known on his official Twitter page. According to Okupe, the EFCC operatives arrived his residence in Lagos on Saturday, and asked him to follow them. He…
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Hate speech: EFCC invites Atiku’s spokesperson
One of the spokesmen of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged hate speech and cyberstalking. Okupe, who is a former Spokesman for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was summoned by officials of the Commission who paid a visit to his Ilupeju home in…
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2019: Like Obasanjo, Okupe’s son declares support for Buhari’s reelection
…My son aligned with Buhari to spite me – Okupe A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has said his son joined the campaign for the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari to spite him. Recall that Okupe was in the campaign team of Senate President Bukola Saraki in his failed bid for…
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Obasanjo’s candidate will defeat Buhari come 2019
A former presidential spokesperson, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said the Coalition for Nigeria Movement will present a candidate who will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. He, however, said the group was not formed to either attack the Buhari government or to discredit the APC. Okupe, in a statement on Saturday, said…
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Okupe dumps PDP, says party can no longer bear fruits
Dr. Doyin Okupe on Sunday renounced his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party. Okupe, a former national chairmanship aspirant of the party, was also a spokesman for former President Olusegun Obasanjo while the latter was in power. In a statement made available to journalists, Okupe said that happenings in the party had indicated that there…
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Hausa broadcast: Buhari’s media team goofed, says Okupe
Former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari’s media team for the controversy generated by the President’s Sallah message which was broadcast only in Hausa. Okupe made the statement in a write-up titled, ‘My take on PMB’s Hausa broadcast’ which was posted on his…
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Kanu came from nowhere, declared sit-at-home order and Presidency keeps mum? – Okupe
Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe has questioned the alleged silence kept by Presidency over so many issues threatening the unity of Nigeria as a nation, including recent massive agitations for the sovereign state of Biafra. A statement signed by Dr. Okupe said the leader of the…