Former Presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, has passed away at 72 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe (22 March 1952 – 7 March 2025), better known as Doyin Okupe, was a Nigerian physician and politician who co-founded Royal Cross Medical Centre and was the National Publicity Secretary of National Republican Convention (NRC). He was once detained under General Sani Abacha, and subsequently disqualified from participating in United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) primaries; later on, he was a governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State.

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

Okupe was married to Aduralere Okupe, with whom he had two children.

While Okupe supported the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 Nigerian General Election, his son Ditan supported Muhammadu Buhari.

In May 2020, it was reported that Okupe and his wife, Aduralere tested positive COVID-19 on 23 April 2020 and have recovered.

In January 2021, his other son, Bolu Okupe, based in Paris, came out as gay on his Instagram page.

He and his son Bolu support Peter Obi for 2023 Nigerian presidential election