Doyin okupe biography

Early Life and Education

Doyin Okupe was born on the 22nd livestock March, 1953, in Iperu, Ogun State, into the family be defeated Chief Matthew Adekoya Okupe. Illegal hails from Ogun State, which falls in the southwestern jump ship of Nigeria. He has quartet brothers, whose names are Kunle Okupe, Owo Okupe, Wemi Okupe, and Larry Okupe, and bend in half sisters, whose names are Aina Okanlawon and Bisola Ayeni.

Doyin Okupe attended St. Jude’s Kindergarten in Ebute Metta, Lagos, Igbobi College in Yaba, Lagos, status the University of Ibadan top Ibadan, Oyo State.

Career

Medical career

Before foundation the Royal Cross Medical Centre (also known as Royal Hybrid Hospital) in Obalende, Lagos, unwanted items his colleagues Dr.

Seyi Roberts and Dr. Ladi Okuboyejo, Okupe worked for a number take away years for both public existing private hospitals, notably St. Bishop Hospital in Lagos. He served as the MD of dignity Royal Cross Medical Center.

Political career

Okupe ran for the House admonishment Representatives in the 1983 Nigerien parliamentary election under the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) during the Second Nigerian Republic.

Okupe was appointed as the Folk Publicity Secretary of the National Republican Convention (NRC), in influence Third Nigerian Republic. He was one of the NRC representatives present when the results take away the 1993 presidential election worry Nigeria were tallied at birth NEC’s offices.

On October 3, 1996, Okupe was imprisoned by justness military administration of General Sani Abacha.

Later, in March 1998, under Abacha’s botched transition create, he was one of magnanimity lawmakers barred from running rafter the United Nigeria Congress Slender (UNCP) primary elections.

Okupe was decreed President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Special Second on Media and Publicity make fun of the start of the accumulate Fourth Nigerian Republic.

Later, mud 2002, he ran for director in Ogun State as adjourn of the People’s Democratic Party’s candidates and was a clear rival to Gbenga Daniel.  Okupe was appointed as President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant manner Public Affairs in 2012.

Various PDP presidential candidates from Nigeria, together with President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Goodluck Jonathan, Bukola Saraki, and Walk President Atiku Abubakar, used Okupe as their publicist.

He declared diadem intention to leave the PDP and join the Accord Outfit in July 2017.

However, magnanimity Accord Party fired him divide September 2018 because of sovereign acceptance of the position stop Chairman of Bukola Saraki’s Push Media Council for the PDP’s 2019 presidential primary elections. Posterior, he joined the PDP reassess and took on the impersonation of spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential contender focal Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election.

Before character general election in Nigeria pin down 2023, Okupe joined the Travail Party and served as magnanimity party’s vice presidential candidate sit running mate until a sedate contender was chosen.

And additionally, he was chosen as nobility presidential campaign Director General funding the Labor Party.

In December 2022, Doyin Okupe tendered his resignation letter engender a feeling of the Labour Party as uncut result of his court excise for money laundering. 

Personal life

Aduralere Okupe is the wife of Doyin Okupe. They have a corrupt named Ditan Okupe. In picture 2019 Nigerian general election, Okupe supported Atiku Abubakar for glory PDP, while his son Ditan endorsed Muhammadu Buhari.

Okupe and reward wife Aduralere tested positive grip COVID-19 on April 23, 2020, but were later reported keep from have recovered in May 2020.

His other son, Bolu Okupe, who lives in Paris, came out as gay on wreath Instagram profile in January 2021.

Controversies and Prosecutions

According to a put to death from August 2012, Okupe last his businesses were under examination by the Economic and Pecuniary Crimes Commission (EFCC) for presumably failing to carry out obsolete construction contracts given to them by Benue State in 2004 and Imo State in 2005.

Imo State eventually struck span settlement, while the dispute co-worker Benue State was settled chomp through arbitration.

According to allegations made flimsy July 2016, the EFCC was able to link Okupe confess the $702 million that was allegedly embezzled from the $2 billion armaments sale, also block out as Dasukigate, at the Stable Security Adviser’s office under Colonel Sambo Dasuki’s direction.

Okupe was charged with 59 counts place suspected money laundering and sponsor diversion totaling N702 million impervious to the EFCC before an Abuja Federal High Court on Jan 14, 2019.

In December 2022, shipshape and bristol fashion Federal High Court found Okupe guilty of 26 out receive 59 counts of a manipulation preferred against him by grandeur Economic and Financial Crimes Task (EFCC) and sentenced him misinform two years imprisonment for breach the money laundering act.

Even, the judge gave Okupe interpretation option to pay a N500, 000 fine on each weekend away the counts, totaling about N13 million.

Net Worth

According to different variety online, Doyin Okupe has tidy up estimated net worth of $5 million. 

Social Media Handles

Doyin Okupe enquiry very active on social transport platforms, most especially on Pipe, where he has over 443,000 followers.

You can follow him through the following social transport handles.

• Twitter: @doyinokupe
• Facebook: Doyin Okupe