LP accuses Kenneth Okonkwo of working for Tinubu in 2023 elections

Abayomi Arabambi, spokesperson of the Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP), has alleged that Kenneth Okonkwo is on a mission to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okonkwo, a campaign spokesperson for the LP in the 2023 presidential election, resigned his membership of the party on Tuesday.

He stated that the internal crisis in the LP left him with no other option.

In 2022, Okonkwo left the APC for LP, citing the former’s adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential poll.

Speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television, on Wednesday, Arabambi said the Nollywood actor has been colluding with the ruling party.

The factional spokesperson described Okonkwo’s exit as “good riddance”, as the party perfects plans to “unseat the current administration” in 2027.

He added that the party will not tolerate any form of “political rascality” as proactive steps are in place to weed out those whose loyalties lay elsewhere.

“We wish Mr Kenneth Okonkwo well. His resignation is good riddance to bad rubbish. He should not speak about the Labour Party anymore,” Arabambi said.

“There is no leadership crisis in the Labour Party. The party is not going into extinction; it is just a figment of the imaginations of most of our detractors.

“He’s going back to APC. He’s been working with President Tinubu before. He worked with them against Peter Obi and Atiku in 2019.

“We know he’s still going back there. We wish him well. We will meet in the political session in 2027.

“But in 2027, we are not going to have such political rascality in our party. The national chairman is on a reconciliatory mission which is why you see a lot of people being jittery.”

Peter Obi was the LP’s presidential candidate in 2023 but lost to President Bola Tinubu, then-candidate of the APC.

The former Anambra governor came third in the poll, behind Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).