Nollywood Actor-turned politician, Kenneth Okonkwo has alleged that the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC and other party leaders in the South-East received were bribed during the recent primary elections.
Okonkwo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, made the allegation during an interview on Channels TV.
He claimed that a House of Representatives aspirant from Anambra State, sent him an “SOS message” exposing the alleged fraud that shrouded the outcome of the primaries.
Okonkwo, who claimed that anybody voting for Peter Obi and NDC in 2027, “is voting for criminality”, identified the alleged whistle-blower as one Obunike Ohaegbu, who sought to represent the Nnewi North and Nnewi South Federal Constituency in Anambra State via NDC.
According to Okonkwo, the NDC aspirant “sent an SOS to me and said that Peter Obi is now the head of the criminality that they were scammed in NDC.
“He said Kwankwaso went to his people and made sure that every Constituency produced one candidate so that they are not scammed, but Peter Obi told them that all the aspirants should go into the field, and the aspirants were told that they were going to have primaries.
“Remember that Dickson came out and said once you pay for your expression of interest form, you are not going to pay any money, when you are the one who is nominated, that is when you will pay nomination fees.
“All of them ran into it then Peter Obi and leaders of the South East, NDC caucus, went and told them that after paying for the expression of interest froms, you must pay N10 million bribe for Reps and Senate, N20 million.
“When all of them paid, thinking they were the candidates, they were told to go for the primary. While they were doing the primaries, Peter Obi was in the John Wood hotel writing names of candidates.
“The aspirant sent me the receipt of the money”.
NDC aspirant sent me receipt – Kenneth Okonkwo alleges Obi’s involvement in bribes
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