{"id":1943,"date":"2024-07-29T07:58:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T07:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2024-07-29T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T07:58:16","slug":"kenneth-okonkwos-resignation-not-surprising-his-a-mole-lp-lp-blasts-kenneth-okonkwo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2024\/07\/29\/kenneth-okonkwos-resignation-not-surprising-his-a-mole-lp-lp-blasts-kenneth-okonkwo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Okonkwo\u2019s Resignation Not Surprising His A Mole\u2014 LP  \u2013 LP blasts Kenneth Okonkwo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour Party, LP, has described Kenneth Okonkwo as a mole, saying his exit from the party was not a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>The Party said that Okonkwo\u2019s attack on its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was unfortunate and attention-seeking.<\/p>\n<p>Okonkwo, a chieftain of the LP, on Sunday, said he no longer had confidence in the ability of Obi to build a party that can win elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to the actor-turned politician, Obi has proved that even if the people vote for him, he does not have what it takes to secure the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the recent happenings in the party have inspired him to make a determination to chart a new course for his political journey.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, the National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement, said Okonkwo\u2019s resignation from the party did not come as a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Ifoh said the party viewed Okonkwo\u2019s criticism of Obi as unfortunate and attention-seeking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKenneth Okonkwo\u2019s resignation from the Labour Party didn\u2019t come to us as a surprise. We also think that his attack on the party\u2019s leader, Peter Obi, is rather unfortunate<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we will continue not to dignify him with any response, as we understand that his attention-craving attitude knows no bounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the LP spokesperson, the party remained committed to supporting Obi as its 2027 presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-feed\" class=\"trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget tbl-feed-container render-late-effect tbl-feed-frame-DIVIDER\" data-feed-container-num=\"1\" data-feed-main-container-id=\"taboola-below-article-feed\" data-parent-placement-name=\"Below Article Feed\" data-pub-lang=\"en\">\n<div class=\"tbl-feed-header tbl-logo-right-position\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour Party, LP, has described Kenneth Okonkwo as a mole, saying his exit from the party was not a surprise. The Party said that Okonkwo\u2019s attack on its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1945,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions\/1945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}