Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesman, has claimed credit for building the brand and personality of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential elections.

Okupe, a former ally and spokesperson of the former Anambra governor, revealed that he was sentimentally attached to Peter Obi and would not denigrate the character of a product he was part of.

During an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Okupe addressed questions regarding a recent comment he made about Peter Obi. He clarified that he wasn't attacking Obi but correcting him on a comment he allegedly made about Yoruba People.

“I cannot hate Peter Obi; I am sentimentally attached to Peter Obi. Peter Obi was my project, and I am part and parcel of those who built Peter Obi up. I can’t publicly denigrate that or bring down that house,” Okupe said on the program.

“But you know, when the sensibilities of some of us are affected, especially when it becomes a zonal matter, I mean when you call out the entire Yoruba race, I am an elder statesman and primarily a Yoruba man.

“If I cannot speak the truth at my age, then there is no point in living. What Peter Obi said was wrong. He said that emilokan, that they should ask people in Ogun State whether they are buying bread cheaper.

“When Bola Tinubu said emilokan, he was not addressing the nation, he was not addressing a rally, he was addressing APC delegates in the premises of Ogun State government who were going to APC convention that they should vote for him.”