‘If APC Exists Beyond 2014, My Name’s Not Okupe’

dr-doyin-okupeSenior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, in this recent interview culled from THISDAY Newspapers, speaks on the opposition and their chances in the 2015 Presidential polls.

Excerpts:

Okupe, who lampooned the opposition for being too loud-mouthed, dismissed their threats of taking over power in 2015.

“Tinubu and Buhari are not serious-minded people” he started. “They are going around like people dancing in a market square holding arms, saying ‘we shall overcome’. I expect that when you post an aggregate of people of that calibre who want to run government by now, they must have a policy statement on power, agriculture and employment and not just talking about PDP leaving.”

He asked, “Is it by mouth that they will run the nation? These are not serious minded people. Can someone get your vote by using word of mouth that PDP should leave without having a policy?”

Okupe described the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, as ‘Yoruba party’ adding that the party shot itself in the foot by agreeing to a merger of political parties which the  “Yoruba’s cannot key into.”

He argued that with the exception of Lagos and Oyo states which were won by the ACN, the remaining three were claimed by ‘judicial judgements’ and wondered why the party was boasting of its strength at the polls.

On Ogun state, also controlled by Bola Tinubu’s led ACN, Okupe said: “We gave them Ogun, it was a donation.”

Slamming the APC for contemplating fielding a candidate from the ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015, the Presidential aide recalled that the ACN in the past had been guilty of such practice saying, “What kind of political party is that and you are taking them serious. It is a politically defective, weak organisation and by coming to the national stage, wind is going to blow them open. If they don’t scramble in 2014 don’t call me Okupe” he swore.

 

16 COMMENTS

  1. We all know your name is bull dog I mean what’s really this fraudulent mans problem whether a party is for life or not don’t we have the right to our decisions.how can you say this “We gave them Ogun, it was a donation.”Like an illiterate Shior

  2. Dr.Doyin Okupe(the one whom the dead becons) no doubt you are a confused man. From time immemorial we’ve known you to be good at speaking from your mouth and not your heart or head. You said you dash them Ogun, but I don’t know of a sane man that will give his house to his enemy. I can assure you you will not be called neither Doyin nor Okupe by 2014 because your party’s antics to use state machinery to deny viable oppositions like APC registration will not succeed.

  3. Dr D. Okupe. Infact,i pity u people says you have rugar coatted mouth,i just want you to flash ur memory back to Chukwu Mereje. Only useless & senseless Nigerian will vote for PDP come 2015.bet it witi me PDP is gone.

  4. Dr D. Okupe. Infact,i pity u people says you have sugar coatted mouth,i just want you to flash ur memory back to Chukwu Mereje. Only useless & senseless Nigerian will vote for PDP come 2015.bet it witi me PDP is gone.

  5. one thing i know is that okupe is an enemy of progress from his statement, no wonder Nigeria is moving backward when Jonathan sees a pig and appointed him as senior special assistance in his cabinet.By that 2014 God will show u all pdp that are creating problem for masses in Nigeria. Anybody who does not want Nigeria to develope should perish before 2015.

  6. With all sence of belonging, i can see all of you kicking against the Doyin have all subscribed to the ill-fated ACN and APC rubbish..when it comes to the presidency no body or party can dare the PDP.. Wait a second is it the loud mouthed buhari that is going to rule this country or is it the tinubu i know that left lagos as a monument of disgrace while he was governor that will rule or decide for this country?..I can see a very big lacuna between them(APC) and the presidency or ASO ROCK come 2015