Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, the former Labour Party chieftain was asked about the whispers of Obi leaving the ADC should he fail to grab the single presidential ticket of the party.
Okonkwo said ‘any of the aspirants who leaves the party must have been secretly working for Tinubu.’
Peter Obi, who was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023 is one of the leading contenders for the ADC ticket and the list also has the likes of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, former Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi amongst others.
“If he[Obi] leaves, will he now be a mobile squadron? Anybody, any presidential, aspirant in ADC, seeing what everybody is going through in ADC, that leaves ADC for another party is a mobile squatter. That’s one” Okonkwo said.
“Then two, he is working for Tinubu. Because if all the coalition leaders are facing through all this crisis, even with unity, then what do you think one person can do going out?
“Anybody that goes out of the coalition is compromised and is working for Tinubu, whoever that person is.”
Recall that Atiku had while speaking in an interview on Arise News on Wednesday, promised to work with and support whoever emerges as the party’s presidential candidate through a consensus or elected to through the primaries.
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