A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, says any presidential aspirant who leaves the party because he failed to get the ticket is compromised.
Okonkwo stated this on Saturday on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’, adding that such a person is working for President Bola Tinubu.
His remark is coming amid speculations that former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, is planning to defect from the party to the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC
Okonkwo said, “Well, if he leaves, will he now be a mobile squatter? If anyone who doesn’t get the ADC presidential ticket leaves the party for another platform, he is compromised and working for Tinubu.”
GISTSMATE MEDIA earlier reported that Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano, will defect from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) next week, according to the Kwankwasiyya movement.
Habibu Mohammed, spokesperson of the Kwankwasiyya movement, told TheCable on Friday night that the decision was sealed after a unanimous endorsement by stakeholders.
Mohammed said discussions with the NDC have reached “about 90 percent”, with only minor issues left to tidy up, adding that the former governor and Peter Obi, 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will move to the NDC on Monday or Tuesday.
“I believe him, Peter Obi, and some others will be joining the NDC,” Mohammed said.
Mohammed said stakeholders’ representatives from all 44 LGAs in Kano gathered at Kwankwaso’s residence on Friday around 3:30pm to weigh the options — and, in the end, spoke with one voice. READ MORE
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