A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has released what he described as evidence to support his allegations of bribery against the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi.
Nigerian Newssphere reports that Okonkwo, a former actor turned politician, had alleged on Monday that Obi and some NDC leaders in the South-East collected N10 million from House of Representatives aspirants and N20 million from senatorial aspirants during the party’s primary process.
According to Okonkwo, one of the aspirants, Obunike Ohaegbu, informed him of the alleged payments and provided a receipt as proof.
The allegations have since sparked a legal battle, with Obi’s legal team filing a lawsuit against Okonkwo.
In a post on his X account on Wednesday, Okonkwo sought to reinforce his claims by releasing alleged WhatsApp conversations between himself and Ohaegbu. He claimed the chats showed that Obi was linked to the alleged irregularities surrounding the NDC primary elections.
“Obunike Ohaegbu, when I questioned him to prove that Peter Obi was responsible for demanding the N10m from him and other HOR aspirants and N20m from the Senate aspirants, he made it clear that when he confronted the Party on who authorised the payment, the party named Peter Obi and the caucus leaders who were assembled by Peter Obi,” Okonkwo wrote.
Neither Obi nor the NDC leadership had publicly responded to the latest claims as of the time of filing this report.
