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Okonkwo Warns Politicians Joining APC Will Regret It, Predicts Party’s Implosion

Funmi Ogundare
Former Labour Party spokesperson for the 2023 presidential election, Kenneth Okonkwo, yesterday, warned politicians defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), that the party was on the verge of collapse and those joining it would ultimately regret their decision.
Okonkwo, who was a guest on The Morning Show on ARISE News Channel, described the ongoing wave of defections to the APC not as a show of strength, but evidence of desperation and political survival in a climate of insecurity and hardship.
“APC is already imploding, and will continue to implode until they are blown to smithereens,” he said, emphasising that Nigeria’s growing poverty and suffering would eventually provoke a people-powered reckoning.
He categorically denied any intention of joining the APC, distancing himself from what he described as a party responsible for “hunger, hardship, tears, and blood.”
Quoting a recent World Bank report, Okonkwo said Nigeria was expected to sink deeper into poverty under President Tinubu’s administration, citing structural economic issues, over reliance on oil revenue, and internal conflict.
He criticised the federal government’s handling of crises across the country, including the killings in Plateau State, unrest in Rivers State, and violence in Benue, accusing the president of failing to show leadership.
“All the things this president has given Nigeria are tears and blood. Look at what’s happening in Plateau State. More than 100 persons have died, massacred by unknown people, and the president was in Paris and could not even cut his travel short to commiserate with people from Plateau State.
“Look at what’s happening in Rivers State. A president declared martial law and removed constitutionally elected representatives of the people. And look at what’s happening in Benue State. People dying. All the things this president has given Nigeria is tears and blood.”
Rejecting any suggestion that he could return to the APC, Okonkwo said: “You want my life and enthusiasm to be drained? No! I reject APC as presently constituted.”
The actor-turned-politician disclosed that he is now part of a ‘grand coalition’ of opposition parties determined to reclaim power in 2027.
He emphasised the importance of unity among the opposition, saying Nigeria was in the midst of a national crisis that necessitated bold and sometimes unconventional political partnerships.