Time For Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi To Step Apart; Nigeria Wants New Faces — Former LP Marketing campaign Spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo

Okonkwo added that Nigeria wants a contemporary concept to unravel the nation’s socioeconomic issues as a result of the current set of politicians had confirmed that that they had nothing to supply.

Kenneth Okonkwo, the previous spokesperson for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has made a daring name for brand spanking new faces in Nigerian politics.

Okonkwo who appeared on an Come up Information TV interview which SaharaReporters monitored on Tuesday night time, requested President Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to step apart for brand spanking new people to rule the nation.

Okonkwo added that Nigeria wants a contemporary concept to unravel the nation’s socioeconomic issues as a result of the current set of politicians had confirmed that that they had nothing to supply.

His assertion is rooted in his perception that each the ruling celebration and the opposition have failed Nigerians.

Somewhat than leaping into discussions about mergers, Okonkwo advocates for consolidation and alliance-building amongst opposition events.

He pressured the significance of working collectively to kind a powerful, united entrance earlier than contemplating electoral alliances.

He stated, “I fully agree with you that we’d like new faces, 100% and that’s how I’ve stated it, that Atiku, Peter Obi, and Tinubu ought to step apart. The reason being as a result of the ruling celebration has failed, the opposition has failed. Are you conscious that we now have extra opposition members as representatives than the ruling celebration? If they’ve come collectively, that’s the reason I stated coming collectively to kind a consolidated fortune, earlier than you even suppose to speak about merger.

“I’m not saying merger just isn’t vital, I’m saying don’t simply end an election and the following factor you begin speaking about is the following election. You consolidate and kind an alliance to work collectively as an opposition.”

It was reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) revealed that candidates of three sturdy opposition events in Nigeria have been planning to kind a merger to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) forward of the overall polls in 2027.

This was disclosed by the Nationwide spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Abdullahi in an interview with Channels TV on Monday, September 2.

The PDP spokesman talked about the three opposition candidates within the final elections; PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Individuals’s Party (NNPP), saying they might put private pursuits apart.