I am now OBIdient and OBIcentric Says Kenneth OkonKwo, Here is why

Actor Kenneth Okonkwo of Nollywood has left the ruling All Progressives Congress because of the party’s choice to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 election.

Kenneth stated that Tinubu’s selection of Shettima as his running mate, despite calls from stakeholders and other Nigerians for a Christian northerner to complete the party’s ticket, forced him to make his decision.

“Those beliefs are no longer shared by the APC, which made the terrible choice to disparage our Muslim brothers by implying that Nigerian Muslims will neither support or vote for a Northern Christian to serve as Vice President alongside a Southern Muslim.

It is false to suggest that Muslims won’t support a Northern Christian vice president if they could freely vote for Southern Christian presidents. If this is allowed to remain, it would forever undermine the political viability of Northern Christians in Nigeria.

“In the interest of our peaceful coexistence, integration, and progress of our beloved country, I can no longer continue to lend my name to these abnormalities,” the convener of the Campaign for Equity and Justice in Nigeria said. “I am also a former member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, which in the past opposed same religion presidential ticket.”