Monday, June 23, 2025 - Politician and Nollywood veteran Kenneth Okonkwo has stated that the presidential ticket of the newly formed All Democratic Alliance (ADA) will be open to aspirants from all geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
Okonkwo, a former spokesperson for Peter Obi, the Labour
Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, made this known
during an appearance on Sunday Politics, a current affairs programme on
Channels Television.
He emphasised that the ADA will uphold internal democracy by
allowing candidates from all regions to freely vie for its presidential
nomination ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“I have said it clearly, nobody is going to stop anybody
from contesting for the presidential ticket in the coalition, nobody,” Okonkwo
asserted during the live interview.
The All Democratic Alliance (ADA) is a political coalition
formed by some of the country’s opposition political figures seeking an
alternative platform to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Among those
reportedly involved in the coalition are former Vice President Atiku Abubakar;
former Governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Labour
Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi; and former Senate President
David Mark.
Addressing concerns about zoning and power rotation, Okonkwo
warned against relying on gentlemen’s agreements or informal promises within
party ranks.
“Politicians have shown that it is very difficult to trust
them even when the person promises one term. So, if somebody has taken a term
from the South and it is in the middle of the game and the person is not
performing like Tinubu, you are going to get into a problem,” he explained.
He continued: “If you get another Southerner, he is going to
stay there for eight years. The North will say no, this is injustice. Nobody
will allow Tinubu to continue because he is not performing. So, the best is to
throw it open. When the best comes in, every other person will support him and
the person will promise to do four years.”
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