A former member of the Labour Party, LP, Kenneth Okonkwo has
urged President Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi, and former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar to step aside from contesting for the presidential seat in the 2027
election.
The Nollywood actor-turned politician was a former spokesman
of the LP presidential campaign team in the 2023 general election, working
alongside Obi who flew the party’s flag in that poll.
However, after two years, Okonkwo has backtracked from his
support for Obi, asking the LP chieftain, Atiku and Tinubu to step aside for
other candidates in Nigeria’s next round of elections.
He stated this on Politics Today, a programme on Channels
Television.
On whether he still wants the trio to give way for other
candidates in the next general election, he said, “I said it and I maintain it
because in Nigeria, people will not give you their mandate and you treat it
with levity.
“You must do everything decisively to secure it.
Unfortunately, nature has bestowed on us the duty that in Nigeria, you will not
only win an election, but you have to fight for your mandate.”
He further stated that though he worked with Obi in the 2023
election, that is now in the past.
He said whatever happened in 2023 should stay in 2023,
ruling out backing the former Anambra State governor in the next round of
general polls in Nigeria.
DAILY POST recalls that Okonkwo, on Tuesday officially
resigned from the party, saying his resignation from the party will take effect
from February 25, 2025.
He cited internal rambles in the Labour Party as the reason
he dumped the party, adding that he resigned on principle.
The former member of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
ruled out returning to the ruling party.
He also accused the ruling party of failing to address the
country’s challenges.
“I resigned [to leave APC] on principle,” Okonkwo insisted
but gave only one condition to return to the party.
“Let me tell you, I will be the first person to admit if the
APC changes today and is doing well for Nigeria,” he said.
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