Kenneth Okonkwo, the popular actor, lawyer cum politician has written off all the Southern aspirants for the coalition’s African Development Congress, ADC ticket in 2027 elections, including Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and other Southerners seeking the ticket of ADC.
Kenneth Okonkwo, a member of the opposition alliance, believes President Bola Tinubu will win if the African Democratic Congress (ADC) nominates a southern presidential candidate like Peter Obi as its flag bearer in the 2027 election.
The actor-turned-lawyer said that to unseat Tinubu, the ADC coalition should present a northern political heavyweight in the toga of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, ex-Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal, among others.
“My strategy this time around is that I am going to support a northerner in 2027,” Okonkwo said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.
“It must be a northerner that the whole north is willing to support.
“If the whole north is willing to support an Atiku, why not?
“If the whole north is willing to support a Tambuwal, why not? The person must be qualified, and if he has experience in the presidency, it is an added advantage, and when he puts up something from the south, that will push him through,” he said.
