Nollywood actor and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has refused to back down despite the threat of being sued for defamation by the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi.
Taking to his official page on X on Wednesday morning, the thespian made public alleged evidence to back up his allegations of bribery involving the former Anambra State governor.
TheNiche had earlier reported that Okonkwo on Monday alleged that a House of Representatives aspirant under the NDC, Obunike Ohaegbu, claimed Obi and other NDC leaders in the South East collected N10 million and N20 million from House of Representatives and senatorial aspirants respectively, and provided the receipt of his own payment.
Following the remarks, the NDC 2027 presidential flag bearer, through his lawyer, wrote to the actor demanding a retraction and payment of N5 billion in damages, or face litigation.
The law firm also described his statements as “false, baseless, malicious, reckless, defamatory and wholly unsupported by any fact.”
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It added that the allegations had damaged Obi’s reputation and public standing, arguing that the comments went beyond legitimate political criticism.
”Your words were not mere political commentary. They crossed the permissible bounds of fair comment and constituted a direct assault on our Client’s person, integrity, image and reputation,” the letter said.
Reacting to the threat, Okonkwo shared the alleged WhatsApp chats between him and Ohaegbu, where the latter allegedly revealed how Obi was involved in the alleged NDC charade primary elections.
He went on to release a bank receipt with which the Rep hopeful paid the said amount into the NDC coffers.
Buttressing his claims, the movie star wrote: “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.”