Anthony Iwuoma
Akin Osuntokun, the newly appointed Director General of the Labour Party, LP, Presidential Campaign Council, has said he is no longer in the senatorial race in the 2023 general elections.
Osuntokun, a former side to ex-Predident Olusegun Obasanjo, was appointed as replacement for Doyin Okupe, who threw in the towel last week following his conviction for money laundering by an Abuja court.
His appointment was rejected by National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, on the ground that Osuntokun is a member of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, and the party’s senatorial candidate in Ekiti State.
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However, speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, Osuntokun disclosed that he had abandoned his senatorial quest and moved on to a “higher order of priority.”
He said, “The campaign office has issued a press statement in that respect. What law have i breached in accepting the appointment?, What law has the presidential candidate who appointed me breached?
“So, it is a redundant question at any rate. It is of no consequence at all, whether legally or constitutionally. There is no moral burden at all.
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“It is a higher order of priority. As a citizen of this nation with a realistic appreciation of what we need to move Nigeria forward, you cannot compare an aspiration to be in the senate to the position I just occupied.
“I have no moral burden. I am moving to a higher sacrificial position. I don’t need to publicly declare it. I have the perfect freedom to decide what to do at any minute, as long I did not breach any legal position.
“The step I am taking is of the greater moral consequence for the country.”
