ADC Leader Blasts Kenneth Okonkwo for Opposing Amaechi as Atiku’s VP Choice for 2027

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has slammed actor-turned-politician Kenneth Okonkwo for criticizing the choice of former Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as the running mate to the party’s 2027 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Eze said he was not surprised by the “misguided and unfortunate trash” credited to Kenneth Okonkwo that he would no longer support Atiku due to his choice of Amaechi as his vice-presidential candidate in a statement issued on Tuesday.

Okonkwo’s decision was said to have been based on an official statement from the ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, confirming that Atiku had chosen Amaechi as his vice-presidential running mate.

Reacting to the development, Okonkwo had said that any arrangement that excludes the South-East from the top two executive positions in 2027 would be perpetuating what he described as an unpardonable injustice against the Igbo people.

But Eze, former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) and a close associate of Atiku and Amaechi, said Okonkwo was so “confused and overzealous that he thinks politics is the same as acting a script in the Nollywood industry.”

“The fact is Amaechi’s selection as Atiku’s vice president did not make Barr. Okonkwo attacks Atiku in an unexciting way. He is a budding traitor, a man who speaks out of both sides of his mouth.

“Okonkwo’s attack on Peter Obi, whose status as the best political leader in Nigeria is now in shambles, is an attack on his person and personality. He is scared of the N5 billion defamation suit slammed on him by Obi,” the ADC stalwart stated.

Eze said, “After taking Peter Obi to the cleaners and resigning from Atiku’s camp, Okonkwo decided to abruptly retire from politics and dug his political grave.

“The truth is that Kenneth Okonkwo is a toothless, aimless, rabies-infested ‘Ekeuke’ (local breed) dog on the loose. “He is a greenhorn, erratic and myopic about the dynamics of Nigeria’s politics,” Eze said, adding that Atiku does not need him to become the next President of Nigeria.

“Okonkwo is a lily-livered rolling stone, an emerging traitor without electoral value,” Eze said, adding that “Amaechi is Igbo, and his choice by Atiku as a running mate is the best option for the ADC and Nigeria.”

Apart from the fact that Amaechi is from a part of the South-South very close to the Igbo, he is married to a woman from the South-East, Dame Judith Amaechi, Eze said.

“By our Igbo customs, Amaechi, having married an Igbo woman, is automatically a wonderful son of the South-East,” the ADC chieftain stated.

He said that Okonkwo’s attempt to cast aspersion on Atiku’s relationship with the South-East does not hold water as from the beginning of Atiku’s presidential aspiration, his vice-presidential candidates have always been Igbo.

“Senator Ben Obi of the Action Congress, Peter Obi and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa of the PDP are all Igbo. Now, so is Chibuike Amaechi. Therefore, Okonkwo’s argument is morally unsound and does not make logical sense.

“Besides, Amaechi’s credentials now are head and shoulders above all South-South and South-East politicians. “So, his choice is the best strategy to win the 2027 general elections for the ADC and Nigeria,” Eze insisted.

Eze hailed Atiku and Amaechi for teaming up to salvage Nigeria at this time, insisting that with the two “refined, tested and trusted democrats”, Aso Rock is in sight.

Recall that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was recently disavowed by Kenneth Okonkwo, alleging the continued marginalization of the South-East geopolitical zone.