Kenneth Okonkwo

Veteran Nigerian actor cum politician, Kenneth Okonkwo has said that he is still a member of the Labour Party, LP.

This is coming after he parted ways with the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi.

“I no longer have confidence that Peter Obi has what it takes to build a party capable of defeating these kakistocrats and kleptocrats. Even if people vote for him, he has shown he cannot secure the mandate,” he said.

Okonkwo affirmed his continued membership during an appearance on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday.

Kenneth Okonkwo, a prominent chieftain of the Labour Party, addressed the rumours that surfaced over the weekend regarding his political allegiance.

He firmly stated, “I am still a full-fledged member of the Labour Party,” dispelling any misconceptions about his status within the party.

The confusion arose after Okonkwo announced his decision to cut ties with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

However, on Tuesday, he said, “First of all, let me say I am embarrassed by your comment. I am just hearing it from your media station that I dumped the Labour Party. And I put up the statement that I made so that I wouldn’t be misconstrued. So, where did you get that from? It’s not certainly from the statement that I made. I am still a full-fledged member of the Labour Party.”

When asked if he’s still a member of the Labour Party, he replied in the affirmative: “Yes, absolutely.”

Okonkwo further stated, “There’s no crisis in the Labour Party as it relates to me. There’s crisis in the Labour Party as relates to the NWC, which failed to organise an all-inclusive convention. And I thought that the leader ought to have taken a decisive decision to ensure, having seen that the convention did not hold against his instruction, that there’s an organised and all-inclusive convention according to court judgement and past agreement.”