OKONKWO: PETER OBI I CAMPAIGNED FOR IN 2023 IS DIFFERENT FROM WHO I SEE NOW
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By: Fasasi Hammad
Former Labour Party presidential campaign spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said the Peter Obi he campaigned for during the 2023 presidential election is different from the politician he now sees.
Okonkwo made the comment while explaining the deterioration of his relationship with Obi following their departure from the Labour Party and subsequent political developments ahead of the 2027 election.
According to him, changing political circumstances can influence an individual’s political position, adding that refusing to adapt to such changes could amount to inconsistency.
He said his support for Obi in 2023 was based on the platform and circumstances surrounding the former Anambra State governor at the time.
“I campaigned for him as a member of Labour Party and as the presidential candidate of Labour Party. There was no agreement I should follow him wherever he’s going to because if he’s going to fall into a pit, I do not have any contract to fall into the pit with him,” Okonkwo said.
He added that his perception of Obi had changed because, in his view, the political platform, information and circumstances surrounding him had changed.
“So what the person you’re seeing now is completely different from the person I campaigned for, different platform from the information that I have heard, different human being,” he said.
Obi was the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election and later left the party for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, after previously being involved in the opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
Okonkwo, who is now a chieftain and spokesperson for the ADC presidential campaign, has repeatedly criticised Obi’s decision to leave the coalition and pursue his 2027 presidential bid on the NDC platform.
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