The National Chairman and Presidential Candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) Dan Nwanyanwu, says the new Director-General (DG) of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Akin Osuntokun resigned from the party since August this year.
Nwanyanwu gave this clarification on Friday in response to the stand by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Akin Osuntokun remains the Ekiti Central Senatorial candidate of the party for the 2023 elections.
In his reaction, the chairman said Osuntokun resigned from the ZLP in August 2022.
“Akin Osuntokun resigned from the Zenith Labour Party since 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.
“As 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 new-found greener pasture. We believe this will put to rest the barage of inquiries to us in this regard,” Nwanyanwu said.
