Kenneth Okonkwo who was a former candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has urged His Excellency President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step aside from contesting for the presidential seat in the 2027 election.
Kingsnaija. Ng details that the Nollywood actor turned politician was a former spokesman of the LP presidential campaign team in the 2023 presidential election, working together with Obi who flew the party’s flag in that poll.
Moreover, after two years, Kenneth Okonkwo has retrieved from his support for Obi, asking the LP chieftain, Atiku(PDP) and Tinubu(APC) 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.
Kingsnaija.ng reports that Kenneth Okonkwo, on Tuesday officially resigned from the party, saying his resignation from the party will take effect from February 25, 2025.
