By Lizzy Chirkpi
Nollywood actor-turned politician, Kenneth Okonkwo has come hard on former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, accusing him of causing division and instability within the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Speaking during an appearance on the on a podcast, Okonkwo alleged that Obi’s involvement in the party introduced what he described as “toxicity” and internal conflict.
“There was only one person that was bringing toxicity in ADC and that person is Peter Obi. He was the one that went around asking others to step down for him,” Okonkwo said.
He further accused Obi of fostering division within the party, claiming: “By nature, chaos follows him. Immediately he came into the party was what brought the toxic ‘Obi or nothing’ what was brought the toxicity into ADC.”
Okonkwo also alleged that Obi left the ADC because of fears surrounding internal democratic processes, particularly primary elections. According to him, Obi has never fully subjected himself to competitive party primaries throughout his political career.
“The reason he left ADC is cause he is a man who is afraid of free, fair, primary election. Throughout his political career he has never contested for any political position,” he stated.
The former Labour Party chieftain further criticized Obi’s political approach, saying it lacked a strong democratic foundation.
“He built his political career on sand and not on democracy. He got possessed with entitlement democracy mentality so anytime he gets into a party he gets this fear of internal democracy,” Okonkwo added.
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