Veteran Nollywood actor and Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Kenneth Okonkwo, has described Peter Obi’s single-term presidency proposal as a calculated political strategy aimed at winning support from Northern Nigeria.…….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, Okonkwo explained that Obi, the LP’s 2023 presidential candidate, understands that without such a promise, he risks losing northern votes ahead of the 2027 elections.
> “It was even Atiku Abubakar that first said he would do one term. Peter Obi keyed into it because he knows that if he, as a younger person, does not make that promise, he will lose the entire North,” Okonkwo said.
According to him, any serious opposition party hoping to unseat an incumbent must adopt a one-term agreement to assure both northern and southern blocs that no region would feel shortchanged.
> “It’s purely a political strategy to say, ‘Look, I won’t cut the eight years, I won’t shortchange you. If elected, I’ll do only four years to complete the South’s turn,’” he added.
Okonkwo maintained that the proposal was not necessarily about governance style but about balancing political interests to create trust among regions in Nigeria’s power rotation debate.…….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
