A verified X user, Chigozirim Aliyu Emeakayi has claimed in a tweet posted on January 11, 2024 that Kenneth Okonkwo, the spokesperson of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign for the 2023 general elections, has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The tweet, which has over 62,000 views as of the time of filing this report, reads, “After all the noise, Daniel Bwala and Kenneth Okonkwo have joined the Muslim-Muslim ticket. The worst thing that will happen to a man is to go back to his vomit.”
This is coming after Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, paid a visit to Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja where he expressed his support for the APC-led administration.
In the last general elections, the APC fielded a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket which saw Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate and Kashim Shettima as the vice presidential candidate.
CLAIM: Kenneth Okonkwo has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
Verification
To verify the above claim, the CDD War Room assessed the interview recently granted by Okonkwo on National Television.
In the interview aired on January 11, 2024, Okonwo was asked to react to Doyin Okupe’s resignation and Bwala’s declaration of support for Bola Tinubu, among other political issues regarding the Labour Party.
While he stated that Bwala’s visit to the president was not out of place, he, however, condemned him for pledging support for the APC-led government.
Okonkwo said, “It is just that I have not had enough evidence to convict myself. There is nothing wrong in seeing the president because you don’t say no to a president.
“However, there is something psychophantically wrong when you make a 360 degree on the principles you say you hold dear. What are the things that have changed?
“The president is the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces and he has the right to command me to come and see him and I would not have a choice but I will have a choice to what I will say.
He added, “I will have a choice to my demeanour once I have finished seeing him because what he cannot command is what I will say but if he says I must see him, then I have to see him.”
When asked if he was a member of the Labour Party, Okonkwo responded, “Yes, I am a member of the Labour Party.”
Verdict: FALSE
The claim that Kennet Okonkwo has joined the APC is false. As of the time of filing this report, CDD War Room can confirm that he is still a member of the Labour Party and he has not made any statement indicating readiness to join the APC government or the ruling party.
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