Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson, has died, according to reports from SaharaReporters.
According to family sources, Okupe died on Friday morning in Lagos, aged 72, after a prolonged battle with cancer.
The late politician served as special assistant on media and publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and later as senior special assistant on public affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was the director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign in 2023.
A medical practitioner, Okupe joined the LP from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the 2023 general election.
He resigned his membership of the LP in January 2024, about 10 months after the election.
In November 2024, Okupe said he would no longer support Peter Obi, standard-bearer of the LP in the last election.
Okupe was born in Iperu, Ogun state on March 22, 1952. He earned his medical degree from the University of Ibadan in Oyo state.
He co-founded the Royal Cross Medical Centre in Obalende, Lagos, alongside Ladi Okuboyejo and Seyi Roberts.
After the 2023 general elections, he left the Labour Party and later aligned himself as a vocal supporter of President Bola Tinubu’s administration
