Stop Lying To Nigerians!” – Kenneth Okonkwo Exposes PDP’s 2027 Zoning Game

Veteran actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of deceiving Nigerians by claiming that it had zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South.

Speaking in a statement on Sunday, Okonkwo, a Labour Party (LP) chieftain, emphasized that zoning applies to the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, not merely a North-South divide. He explained that rotation is between the North and South, and since the presidency is currently held in the South, the issue of rotation is irrelevant.

“Let it be clear: what the PDP did at their last National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting was not zoning, it was deception. Zoning is among the six Geo-Political Zones, not between North and South. Presidential power is in the South now, so rotation does not arise,” Okonkwo stated.

He added that if parties are serious about equitable zoning, the South-East—the only region in the South yet to produce a Nigerian president—should be given the opportunity. He referenced 1999, when all parties zoned the presidency to the South-West, producing only Yoruba candidates.

“Any opposition party that falls for this scheme, orchestrated by the G-5 members of the PDP to favor Tinubu, is as good as dead,” he warned on his account.

Okonkwo also outlined the strategy to defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, stressing that parties must conduct free, fair, and transparent primaries, allowing candidates from any region—especially zones that have not held the presidency since 1999—to emerge.

“The best candidate, selected through an open and fair primary from an underrepresented geopolitical zone, is the only way to confront Tinubu, defeat him, and rebuild Nigeria from the ruins of his maladministration,” he concluded.