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Okupe Reveals Why He May Be The Next President Of Nigeria

Afnews Editor

Aug 14, 2021

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A former presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, says that he is the most fairly well-prepared person to be the next Nigerian president.

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He also claimed that he was the one that an ex-maximum ruler, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), had in mind when discussing Nigeria's ideal next president.

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Last week, Babangida said that Nigeria's next president should be an individual who speaks to the citizens, understand economics, and have friends in every region.

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He added that he had seen Nigerians who have these qualities, and that they are in their sixties.

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Okupe, who clocked 69 on March 22, was the National Publicity Secretary of the National Republican Convention; and had been disqualified from participating in the United Nigeria Congress Party primaries.

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He was also a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State; and had variously served as Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; as well as Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Said Babangida in a media interview that sent Nigeria talking, "I have started visualising a good Nigerian leader. That is, a person who travels across the country and has a friend virtually everywhere he travels to, and he knows at least one person that he can communicate with.

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"That is a person who is very versed in economics and is also a good politician, who should be able to talk to Nigerians and so on. I have seen one, or two or three of such persons already in his sixties. I believe so if we can get him."

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However, in a live programme on Arise TV on Friday, Okupe said that the former head of state "had me in mind" when he listed those qualities.

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"There's no local government in this country that I've not visited five times. I'm the most fairly well-prepared person to be president."

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Continuing, he said, "I think IBB got it right; believe me sincerely. That person should be one person who can pick up his phone and call at least one person in every local government of the country.

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"That means he must be somebody who has socially interacted across sections of Nigeria and understands the terrain.

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"I'm in my sixties, and I believe [that] by what IBB had actually said - I've not spoken to him - I have a feeling that he had me in mind. I must be one of the three persons he had in mind.

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"Believe me, sincerely, there's no local government in this country that I've not visited five times; there's none. And I'm the most fairly well-prepared person to be president."

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The next presidential election in Nigeria is expected to hold in 2023.

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