PDP Leaders Greedily Subsumed Themselves Into APC – Okonkwo
Former presidential campaign spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Kenneth Okonkwo, has declared that the decline of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was as a result of the willingness of its leaders to greedily serve the interests of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He noted that the development has seriously weakened the PDP’s role as an opposition force.
Okonkwo specifically said that the appointment of Nyesom Wike as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory by President Bola Tinubu remains a key factor in PDP’s downfall.
Okonkwo, who stated these on Friday, February 7, 2025 when he featured on Channels Television programme; ‘Sunrise Daily’, castigated the PDP for its ongoing internal crisis, stressing that its leaders completely submitted to the APC.
He noted that during the 2023 elections, Wike, a prominent member of the PDP, openly worked against his own party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, which contributed to Tinubu’s victory.
In the words of Okonkwo; “Some people formed the G5 and openly worked against the party. Instead of being sanctioned, they were accommodated. Now, they want to take over the party.
“The PDP leadership is now controlled by those serving under the APC government. This means PDP has become a ‘servant of servants’ to APC. Wike’s ministerial appointment further crippled PDP’s effectiveness as an opposition party, as its members are now politically subservient to an APC-led government,” he enthused.
Commenting on Atiku Abubakar’s recent allegation that the APC is bribing opposition parties to weaken them ahead of the 2027 elections, Okonkwo said that the allegation only exposed the opposition’s weakness and corruption.
According to Okonkwo; “I was not ashamed of the ruling party; I was ashamed of the opposition. If there is no willing receiver, there will be no available giver”.
He said that it is a legitimate political strategy for a ruling party to work towards destabilizing the opposition, adding that opposition parties should be strong enough to resist such attempts and temptations.
