Former spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has declared that both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party have lost their political relevance and now exist only on paper.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast show on Friday, Okonkwo argued that both parties have ceased to function effectively as political platforms, accusing their leaders of openly supporting rival parties, particularly the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
“Strictly speaking, there is no more any party like PDP or LP. They are just existing on paper because whoever is in PDP is either supporting APC or ADC,” Okonkwo stated.
The actor-turned-politician referenced recent developments in the ADC as an example of what he described as a “functional and unified political structure.”
He highlighted the recent leadership transition within the ADC, in which the party’s national executive committee voluntarily stepped aside for a new coalition-backed leadership—an event he described as “unprecedented” in Nigerian politics.
“You see what happened with ADC is a novel thing. It has not happened before in Nigeria… the national executive of a political party resigned and allowed a new executive to take over on their own,” he said.
Okonkwo clarified that the coalition which backed the new leadership in the ADC was not a merger but a complete absorption of allied political interests into a single political party.
“The coalition is now dissolved into a political party, it is not like political parties working together temporarily. No, they have now dissolved into a political party,” he added.
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He criticised PDP leaders for allegedly undermining their own platform by endorsing candidates from other parties well ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“If the leaders of PDP have come out openly to say they are supporting the presidential candidate of another political party, that’s the end of the party — two years before the time of the election,” Okonkwo said.
While he did not name specific individuals, Okonkwo’s comments appear to reflect ongoing internal divisions within the opposition space, where defections, public endorsements, and shifting alliances have blurred party lines in the run-up to the next general election.
His remarks are likely to spark further debate about the state of Nigeria’s opposition parties, particularly as political coalitions continue to form ahead of 2027.
