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APC turncoat Kenneth Okonkwo declares split from Peter Obi, LP

By Babajide Adekunle

Kenneth Okonkwo, a former spokesperson for Peter Obi, has declared his split from his principal and his party, the Labour Party (LP). The thespian-turned-politician said he took the decision after he realized that Obi was unfit to lead the hemorrhaging Labour Party. Before he leapt over to the opposition LP, Okonkwo was a feature with his former association, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okonkwo said Peter Obi had disappointed him by his fecklessness and inability to arrest the drift in the party. He said he had trusted Obi to “seize the momentum and build a solid party of integrity that will have the solid base that we need to overthrow these kakistocrats and kleptocrats.” Oknonkwo said, instead, Obi “publicly declared that he didn’t promise Nigerians to build a strong Labour Party, but to solve Nigeria’s problems.”

“I was like, does it mean HE Peter Obi is not aware that without a solid party base, we are heading to nowhere politically?”, Okonkwo stated. He adds that Obi indulged the Julius Abure-led LP by asking it to “organise an all-inclusive convention”. Okonkwo said he, instead, expects Obi to “disassociate himself from the shenanigans and criminal activities of the former NWC as their time had expired.”

“Every member of the Labour Party is confused today as to the future of the Labour Party because of lack of leadership from PO over the party.”

“I cannot continue to speak on behalf of a leader that I do not know his stand on issues of great importance. I simply don’t know how to manipulate facts.

“I am shocked that PO could not openly support the noble efforts of the Labour Unions who founded the Labour Party as a base to fight for the welfare of workers to the extent that some of them are openly saying that PO is now the problem of LP. The Labour Unions now have the unfortunate situation where they are fighting criminals who want to hijack their party when an ordinary statement from the PO would have brought the solution. I cannot continue with this ambivalence forever,” he said.

“The consequence is that I no longer have the confidence that PO has what it takes to build a party that can win these kakistocrats and kleptocrats, and above all, he has proved that even if the people vote for him, he doesn’t have what it takes to secure the mandate. I don’t intend to embark on such a campaign as we did in 2023, projecting a person who cannot sustain the victory even if he wins.

“It’s in this regard that I have decided to continue my political journey into the great Nigeria of our vision without Peter Obi,” he said.

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