Fight For Your People Or Step Aside – Kenneth Okonkwo Tells Politicians As He Reacts To Rivers LG Election

A chieftain of the Labour Party, Kenneth Okonkwo, has stated that any politician who is too afraid to stand up for the people who elected them due to fear of being killed should step aside.

The former Labour Party campaign spokesperson made this remark while discussing the events leading up to the recently concluded Rivers State Local Government Area elections held on Saturday.

In an interview with Soar TV, Okonkwo praised Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara for ensuring the elections were held despite challenges and for standing up for the rights of the people.

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He also commended Fubara’s determination to proceed with the elections despite the withdrawal of the Nigeria Police Force and opposition from supporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

The actor-turned-lawyer emphasized the need for politicians like Fubara, who are willing to resist and protest when their rights are violated, in order to strengthen the country’s democracy.

He said, “If you’re not willing to take the risk that is attached to any profession, step aside so that people who God gives that mind will go ahead and serve God in that capacity. If you’re a politician and you can’t stand for the people who voted for you, and because you don’t want to die, step aside. Because that’s what the job entails.

“Any politician that is not behaving like Siminalayi Fubara — who resists and protests when his rights are trampled upon, knowing that our judicial system and our electoral system have failed us, no matter the risk to his person — I will not speak for that politician again, and I maintain it.

“And you can see what is happening because the Labour Party can’t go forward. If Sim Fubara had been saying ‘calm down, calm down’, do you know where Rivers state would have been? He said he’s ready for them. He’s fully prepared. The election must go on. The election must be held. Winners must be declared. They will be sworn in, and whatever is going to happen, let it happen.

“I’m looking for leaders who would say, ‘nobody will rig my election, and if you rig my election, I will fight, and let us come out and fight’.”

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