“I was betrayed by Peter Obi” – Kenneth Okonkwo
Veteran actor Kenneth Okonkwo has accused former presidential candidate Peter Obi of betrayal amidst internal party disputes. Okonkwo, who previously served as a spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council and officially left the party in February 2025, made these claims in a viral interview with Symfoni.
According to Okonkwo, Obi disregarded his advice and chose to support the embattled Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party. Kenneth claimed that Obi was “misled by LP executives who claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had recognised them.”
He further stated, “Any politician that knows what he’s doing cannot be betrayed by another.”
If there is anybody that betrayed the other, I can say it emphatically that Peter Obi betrayed me.
“The Julius Abure-led LP members lied to Obi that the Independent National Electoral Commission had accepted them and Obi surreptitiously went back to them but I told him: ‘Sir, you have made a public statement on integrity and even if INEC has accepted them, that is not a criterion for you to go back and start dealing with them because they have shown that they are not democratic. If you go back to them, they will destroy your political career and everything you have said about integrity will die.’”
