Kenneth Okonkwo, the spokesperson for the Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential campaign, has called politicians who are switching to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) “professional criminals.”
According to Naija News, Okonkwo compared their political behavior to the shifting flavor of unpreserved palm wine in an interview with ARISE News on Monday in response to the recent defection protest that took place in Delta State.
“That palmwine can change its taste more than 20 times in a day if it isn’t refrigerated,” he claimed. These politicians are as erratic as water. People who frequently switch allegiances and beliefs for their own benefit are known as palmwine politicians.
Okonkwo accused certain high-profile politicians on the stage of facing corruption allegations, escaping accountability, and having their “surname now classified as dollar.”
He stated, “You have seen the drama on the official defection to APC. The Supreme Court found men guilty of bribery and corruption in the name of honesty, and you saw them on that podium.
The APC meeting, according to the Nollywood actor-turned-politician, is “a subset of professional criminals made up of suspects, accused, and convicts.”
Okonkwo, who just left the Labour Party, has stated that he is still considering his options and has not joined any other political party. However, he is still totally dedicated to the coalition movement.I’m a member of the coalition. We have not chosen officially a platform. We’re in talking, and I’m part of the talks. When we choose a platform, which might not be too long from now, we will inform Nigerians. I told you when I leave a party, it is because of the party itself, not because of another party. So when I leave a party, I go into negotiation because I have to be sure of which people and which party is interested in the security and welfare of Nigerians. You have to assure me and I have to know the people I am going to enter into such party with and when I get all those answer clear, when I tell Nigerians this is the way to go, they will believe me because in all honesty, we need a new thing. We may not go back to change the beginning, but we can start from where we are today and change the ending. So I am part of the coalition, I mean it, we will achieve it and we will succeed,” the actor turned politician submitted. Source=Naija news
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