Peter Obi’s Prime Supporter, Kenneth Okonkwo Dumps Labour Social gathering Faction, Particulars Floor

• Kenneth Okonkwo has distanced himself from the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Social gathering (LP)
• Okonkwo argued that for him, a brand new Nigeria is a precedence, and he “prefers to lose doing the appropriate factor to successful doing the unsuitable factor”
• Legit.ng stories that Okonkwo is a former spokesperson for the LP presidential marketing campaign council

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of expertise masking politics and elections in Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja – Barrister Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the Labour Social gathering (LP), on Tuesday, Could 21, he’s suspending his relationship with the Julius Abure-led faction of the opposition social gathering.

Okonkwo, a prime supporter of Peter Obi in the course of the 2023 presidential election, made this identified by way of a tweet on his identified X web page.

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The lawyer stated the LP nationwide conference held on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, was tainted with ‘criminality and corruption’.

He wrote:

“I’m suspending my relationship in all ramifications with the purported Abure-led nationwide working committee of the Labour Social gathering.

“For me, it is both a brand new Nigeria or nothing. I desire to lose doing the appropriate factor to successful doing the unsuitable factor. Nothing can wash out the criminality, corruption, and incompetence with which the purported Nationwide Conference was purportedly organised by Abure.”

The previous actor added:

“I didn’t depart the consolation of a ruling social gathering APC as a result of I consider that they’re incompetent and dishonest solely to come back and be part of one other incompetent and corrupt affiliation, which is the present Abure-led Nationwide Working Committee of Labour Social gathering.”

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Factions inside Labour Social gathering

Factions within the LP have been a difficulty since 2023.

Two factions – Abure’s and Lamidi Apapa’s – are laying declare to the mantle of management and none seems able to give up.

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“I did not defect from APC “: Okonkwo

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Okonkwo argued that he didn’t defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okonkwo acknowledged that he resigned from the ruling APC earlier than becoming a member of the LP.

Supply: Legit.ng