ZLP Clears Air On Osuntokun’s Membership, Says It Holds No Grudges

The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has come out to clear the air about the membership of the newly appointed Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun.

The party said it holds no grudge against Osuntokun and that he was free to associate with any political party because he resigned from the party in August 2022.

Naija News understands that the ZLP’s National Chairman and presidential candidate, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, in a statement on Friday, said that since he has resigned he is free to associate with other parties, as such Osuntokun had ceased to be a member of the party.

The party’s reaction follows controversies that Osuntokun remained a senatorial candidate in Ekiti State under the ZLP.

Osuntokun, on Tuesday, was appointed by the Labour Party as its campaign council to replace Doyin Okupe who resigned from the position after being sentenced to jail for violating provisions of the money laundry act.

However, Nwayanwu, in the statement, noted that “The controversy generated by the appointment of Mr Akin Osuntokun as the DG of H/E Peter OBI Campaign organization is uncalled for.

“Akin Osuntokun resigned from the Zenith LABOUR Party in August 2022 and therefore no longer a member of our Party.

“Prior to his resignation from ZLP, he held the ticket as a Senatorial Candidate in Ekiti State. At the time of his resignation, we could not replace him because the window allowed by the Electoral Act for substitution had elapsed.

“We hold no grudges because it is his fundamental right to associate and exit from any organization. We wish him well in his newfound greener pasture.

“We believe this will put to rest the barrage of inquiries to us in this regard.”