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Atiku Caught Asking Northerners Not To Support Any Yoruba, Igbo Candidate, Kenneth Okonkwo Reacts

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Kenneth Okonkwo, a prominent member of the Labour Party (LP) and actor from Nollywood, has criticized Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, over a recent statement.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, Atiku stated that Northerners should support him because he is a Pan-Nigerian of northern ancestry who has established bridges throughout the nation at an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee held on Saturday in Kaduna State.

He asserted that Northerners do not require a Yoruba or Igbo candidate to lead the nation.

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He had said: “What the average Northerner needs is somebody who’s from the north and also understands that part of the country and has been able to build bridges across the country.

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“This is what the Northerner needs, it doesn’t need a Yoruba or Igbo candidate, I stand before you as a Pan-Nigerian of northern origin.”

In a statement on Saturday, Okonknwo responded to the incident, saying Atiku had exposed his obvious racial bigotry by urging Northerners not to vote for candidates from the South in the 2023 election.

Because the former vice president thinks that power should remain in the North, the actor said that Southerners who are considering Atiku’s vow to give over to them are only dreaming.

He wrote: “Atiku Abubakar has shown how ethnically bigoted he is by openly urging Northerners not to support any Yoruba or Igbo, candidate.

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“Isn’t it hypocritical that this great disuniter travelled all the way to London to prostrate for Wike from South South for his support yet telling the Northerners that they don’t have to support Igbo or Yoruba candidates but only Northern candidates?

“Ignorant Southerners who are considering Atiku because of his lies that he will hand over power to a Southerner are dreaming. He believes that power must remain in the North permanently as he can be seen telling Northerners that they need only Northerners.

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“The truth is that the North does not need a corrupt bigot. What it needs is a Pan-Nigerian candidate that will transform the vast arable Northern land from consumption to production to ensure food security and the industrialisation of the North. The North is yet to recover from the trauma of the incompetent APC led by a Northerner. Nigerians must reject Atiku comprehensively”

 

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