Emerging Betrayer – Eze Blasts Kenneth Okonkwo Over Attack On Atiku, Amaechi

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has berated Kenneth Okonkwo for his reaction to the party’s choice of vice-presidential candidate.

Naija News reports that the ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had chosen former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as his running mate for the 2027 election.

However, Okonkwo condemned the development, arguing that such a decision would amount to the continued marginalisation of the South-East, which, according to him, had neither produced a president nor vice president since 1999.

Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, Eze said he was not surprised by the “misguided and unfortunate trash” credited to Okonkwo.

He said that Okonkwo was so “confused and overzealous that he thinks politics is the same as acting a script in the Nollywood industry.

“The fact remains that it is not the choice of Amaechi as Atiku’s vice president that made Barr. Okonkwo launch an unsurprising attack on Atiku. He is an emerging betrayer, a man who speaks from both sides of his mouth.

“The heat is on Okonkwo because of his disparaging attack on the person and personality of Peter Obi, whom he once idolised as the best political leader in Nigeria. He is afraid of the ₦5 billion defamation suit slammed on him by Obi,” the ADC stalwart said.

Eze submitted that, having taken Peter Obi “to the cleaners” and resigned from Atiku’s camp, Okonkwo had decided to abruptly retire from politics and had dug his political grave.

“The truth is that Kenneth Okonkwo is an aimless, toothless, rabies-infested ‘Ekeuke’ (local breed) dog on the loose. He is a greenhorn, erratic and myopic about the dynamics of Nigeria’s politics,” Eze said, insisting that Atiku does not need him to become the next President of Nigeria.

“Okonkwo is a lily-livered rolling stone, an emerging traitor without electoral value,” Eze stated, adding that “Amaechi is Igbo, and his choice by Atiku as a running mate is the best option for the ADC and Nigeria.”

Eze explained that apart from the fact that Amaechi is from a section of the South-South very close to the Igbo, he is married to a woman from the South-East, Dame Judith Amaechi.

“According to our Igbo customs, having married an Igbo woman, Amaechi is automatically a wonderful son of the South-East,” the ADC chieftain said.

He argued that Okonkwo’s attempt to cast aspersions on Atiku’s relationship with the South-East does not hold water because, from the beginning of Atiku’s presidential aspirations, his vice-presidential candidates have always been Igbo.

“Senator Ben Obi under the Action Congress, Peter Obi and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa under the PDP are all Igbo. Now, so is Chibuike Amaechi. Therefore, Okonkwo’s argument lacks moral rectitude and falls short of logical reasoning.

“Besides, Amaechi’s credentials at the moment stand out among those of all South-South and South-East politicians. So, his choice is the best strategy to win the 2027 general elections for the ADC and Nigeria,” Eze insisted.

Eze hailed both Atiku and Amaechi for joining forces to rescue Nigeria at this period, insisting that with the two “refined, tested and trusted democrats,” Aso Rock is within reach.