***Says he is suspending his association with the party
Nollywood actor turned politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has alleged that the national convention organized by Julius Abure which returned him as Labour Party (LP) national chairman is nothing but criminality and corruption.
He stated this when he announced he was suspending his relationship with the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the LP.
According him, a new Nigeria is the priority, adding that he prefers to lose doing the right thing than win doing the wrong thing.
Okonkwo, who was the spokesperson for the Labour Party Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 election, in a post via his verified X account on Tuesday, said the current Abure-led National Working Committee of the Labour Party is another incompetent and corrupt association, just like the All Progressives Congress (APC) he left before.
The post reads: “I am suspending my relationship in all ramifications with the purported Abure-led National Working Committee of Labour Party.
For me, it’s either a new Nigeria or nothing. I prefer to lose doing the right thing than winning doing the wrong thing.
Nothing can wash out the criminality, corruption, and incompetence with which the purported National Convention was purportedly organised by Abure.
I did not leave the comfort of a ruling party APC because I believe that they are incompetent and dishonest only to come and join another incompetent and corrupt association, which is the current Abure led National Working Committee of Labour Party.”