2027: ADC Chieftain Criticizes Kenneth Okonkwo Over Remarks on Amaechi as Atiku’s Running Mate

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has lambasted 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.

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

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

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

But former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) and a close associate of Atiku and Amaechi, Eze, 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 that Amaechi’s selection as Atiku’s vice president did not make Barr. Okonkwo attacks Atiku in a non-exciting manner. He is a budding traitor, a man who talks out of both sides of his mouth.

“Okonkwo’s attack on Peter Obi, who is now a shadow of his former status as the best political leader in Nigeria, 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.

“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,” Eze said.

“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 on 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, “Amaechi is Igbo, and his choice by Atiku as a running mate is the best option for the ADC and Nigeria.”

Amaechi is not only from a part of the South-South very close to the Igbo, but is also 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 an adorable son of the South-East, the ADC chieftain said.

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

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

“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 election for the ADC and Nigeria,” Eze insisted.

Eze commended Atiku and Amaechi for joining hands to rescue 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 disowned by Kenneth Okonkwo, who alleged the continued marginalization of the South-East geopolitical zone.