By Kolawole Ojebisi
A former spokesman of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has disclosed why he can’t be in the same political ship with President Bola Tinubu again.
The Nollywood actor and a former ally of ex-Anambra governor, Peter Obi, spoke on Channels TV’s ‘Politics Today’ on Sunday night.
Recall that Okonkwo left the APC for LP in 2022, citing the former’s adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential poll.
He would later resigned his membership of the LP, citing the party’s internal crisis, months after Tinubu’s emergence as Nigeria’s president in 2023.
However, when asked why he no longer wishes to associate with Tinubu or the ruling All Progressives Congress, Okonkwo described the president as a tyrant, who has a knack for creating ‘anarchy’ anywhere he wants.
To buttress his point, the lawyer made reference to the drama at the Lagos State House of Assembly, where the ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, was reinstated to his previous position following the intervention of the President.
“Tinubu has been a harbinger of anarchy. Look at Lagos State, where 14 members of the House of Assembly voted that they do not want the Speaker, of course, in support of the governor. This was because the elected female went in and solidarized with the governor, who reciprocated.
“But only one man, Tinubu, gave the instruction saying, No, I want Speaker Obasa to remain. That was how one veto vote was superior to the 14 votes of the House of Assembly. What is that? That’s anarchy, an absence of authority completely in the legislative house
“So if the House members didn’t want Obasa, they didn’t want him. It was not the voice of the court that restored Obasa. As you know, Obasa had already been restored before the concurrent speech from the court. So the court issue is out of the way. Obasa was reinstated by the words of Tinubu, not by the court’s decision,” he stated.
