Olushola Omogbehin
A former Labour Party chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, has described Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso as “renegades” for abandoning ADC out of fear of participating in party primaries.
He disclosed this while speaking on Seun Okonbpopular programme called Politics Today on Thursday.
The actor turned politician believed that political parties that zone their presidential tickets to the South are indirectly working in favour of President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election.
He said he had earlier warned Nigerians against supporting any political party that zoned its presidential ticket to the South, because such arrangement would eventually benefit Tinubu politically
Dismissing the NDC as a breakaway group from the ADC, Okonkwo said its members as “mere renegades.”
Accusing Obi and Kwankwaso of abandoning the coalition despite previously presenting it as the only way to defeating Tinubu in 2027, he said such decision raised questions about their political sincerity.
“I told Nigerians that any party that is telling you that it’s zoning to the South is working for Tinubu. And when they doubted me, immediately the PDP said they had zoned to the South. People came from the PDP and said, ‘Sorry, we are not going to bring out a presidential candidate.’
“And now you said the NDC has zoned to the South. Recall that the NDC, they are mere renegades from the ADC.
“The reason they went there is because they are scared of participating in primary elections. Maybe I was being too lenient. I will say they are political con men.
“Look at it this way, they came into the coalition, I am talking about Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, on their own, and they said the coalition is the best and the only method to send President Bola Tinubu packing, by their own words.
“And on their own, without any reason, they left for the NDC. Is that not being a con man?”
