Doyin Okupe

Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former presidential aide, is reportedly dead. He was 72.

It was gathered that Dr. Okupe died on Friday morning after battling a protracted illness suspected to be cancer.

Okupe was appointed in 2022 as the Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign for the 2023 election.

According to sources close to the family, Okupe was critically ill in the weeks leading up to his demise.

Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe (22 March 1952 – 7 March 2025), Nigerian physician and politician who co-founded Royal Cross Medical Centre, was born on 22 March 1952 in Iperu in Ogun State of Nigeria. Okupe was the son of Chief Matthew Adekoya Okupe, who was a banker with Agbonmagbe Bank.

He attended St. Jude’s School in Ebute Metta, Lagos, Igbobi College in Yaba, Lagos and the University of Ibadan in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Okupe was Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Olusegun Obasanjo and Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan