Prince Hez Okonkwo, a former Labour Party (LP) candidate for the House of Representatives in Anambra State, has said that he is still a party member and a devoted follower of Mr. Peter Obi.
The party leader made the announcement on Thursday by signing and providing the Daily Post with a statement.
In the general elections of 2023, he ran as the LP candidate for the Ihiala Federal Constituency.
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In response to claims made on social media that he attended a press conference held by the LP’s troubled national chairman, Mr. Julius Abure, in which he declared that the party had withdrawn its automatic ticket for Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, Okonkwo stated that the claim was merely a “falsehood” being propagated by “faceless individuals.”
He said, “My attention has been drawn to a malicious propaganda and campaign of calumny targeted at my person by certain political interests in Anambra State.
“In their latest effort to paint me black and create a bogus image for my person, a screenshot of Channels Television news aired on Monday September 9, 2024 where the former Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Julius Abure addressed a press conference in Abuja, is being circulated mainly on WhatsApp platforms, purporting that I was in the press conference.
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“Ordinarily I would ignore the shenanigans of detractors, but for the record, it is important that I make it clear here and now that I, Prince Sir Hez Okonkwo, Ochiagha Lilu, has nothing to do with the said press conference.
“I was neither invited nor took part in such frivolity. I am sure that the organisers of the press conference have the record of those they invited.”
He clarified that on Monday, 9th, 2024, when the aforementioned news conference took place in Abuja, he was in Kaduna State taking care of personal matters.
Regarding his friendship with Peter Obi, Okonkwo stated that they had been friends for a considerable amount of time prior to the 2023 elections.
He pointed out that Peter Obi was still the Labour Party’s public face in Nigeria.
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He said, “I am not oblivious of the fact that some persons created this falsehood to create a doubt between me and my dear brother and friend, His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections.
“It is, However, important that these faceless individuals realise that my friendship with Peter Obi predates the Labour Party.
“It should be noted without any fear of contradiction that, aside being my brother and friend, Peter Obi is someone I totally align with politically, and that is why I joined other patriotic Anambrarians to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the Labour Party in the buildup to the 2023 general elections.
“Also, let me make it clear that it is illogical for anyone to insinuate that I would join anyone or group to fight Peter Obi in the Labour Party- what is Labour Party without Okute Ndigbo?”
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