Edo: Assassination Attempt On Peter Obi Came After Okpebholo’s Threat – Kenneth Okonkwo

Kenneth Okonkwo

Nollywood actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said that the attack on Peter Obi and other ADC chieftains in Edo state was an assassination attempt carried out by some government officials and their agents. He recently had his say during an interview with Arise TV last night, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he remembers Governor Okpebholo once warning Peter Obi that he should not step into Edo state unless he gets clearance from him, else his security will not be guaranteed.

Okonkwo added that what happened to Obi was a clear case of genocide against political opponents.

His words, “This was an ass@ssination attempt by people I can describe as either the governmental people or their agents. Why do I say so? Recall that Governor Okpebholo once warned Peter Obi that he should not step into Edo state except he gets clearance from him and that his security will not be guaranteed. I remember I was in your studio to warn that this is a threat to the lives of opposition leaders.

In a place where they wanted to welcome Olumide Akpata former NBA president, into ADC, what they met was a convoy of about 10 vehicles, one pilot vehicle controlling them. They went first into the venue where the event took place. They had left their because they heard people were coming to attack them. They ran into Oyegun’s house. To confirm their seriousness, they chased them after shooting things into that venue. They chased them into Oyegun’s house and blasted the gate and all the vehicles that were there.

So this was an ass@ssination attempt. This is genocide against political opponents. This government has started trying to do genocide against political parties. You may have heard when people say we are tilting ton one-party state and this was orchestrated by APC to ensure that there is no othe rparty, that is what genocide means. So having failed to genocide all the political parties because ADC from the Kingdom of grace just emerged, there only choice now is to wipe out all the opposition leaders and that is the next era they are going into.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.