Kenneth Okonkwo

Kenneth Arinzechukwu Okonkwo (born 6 November, 1968) is a Nigerian actor, lawyer, and politician, best known for his role as Andy Okeke in the film Living in Bondage. Quotes I made a fortune as a Nollywood actor. It was just 2020 that I decided to start winding up. I've made a determination for that to decrease so that my fight for a new Nigeria will increase. I've seen roles and turned them down, there's no time anymore for it. The possibility is there because we have all it takes, men, materials, money. One thing that's lacking is the power to combine, utilise and allocate these resources optimally to produce the desired goods and services that will make us achieve our objectives. "Kenneth Okonkwo Will Only Act Again 'If Nigeria Becomes Better Than America'", interview on Mic On podcast, Pulse Nigeria (23 March 2024) I'm no longer living in bondage. They may come against us with their bullion van but we will come against them in the name of the Almighty God. "Kenneth Okonkwo: I'm No Longer Living In Bondage Because Of Peter Obi", IgbereTV In the Constitution of Labour Party, the tenure of the ward, local government, and state party executives is three years. Having conducted no congresses at these levels within the constitutionally allowed tenure of the executives, their regimes have effectively expired. "Kenneth Okonkwo Dumps Labour Party", Vanguard News (11 February 2025) My entrance to politics is for good governance, and I will continue to work for it to ensure that Nigeria becomes a great country of incorruptible men. This aim can no longer be realised within Labour Party as presently constituted. "Kenneth Okonkwo Resigns From Labour Party, Cites Leadership Crisis", Daily Post (11 February 2025) Tinubu purporting to be qualified for President by providing a foreign University certificate, which the University publicly declared did not emanate from it, without providing his secondary school certificate or its equipment disqualifies him from being President. The judges have usurped the powers of the executive and the legislature from the bench with the instrumentality of perverse judgement Despite all warnings by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the National Judicial Council (NJC), some judges have operated as an island on their own, interpreting the laws they made on the bench, bereft of the imprimatur of the legislature. The only reason our democracy is in peril is because of judicial rascality. So unfortunately what he said was not the reflection of the facts. Chibuike has been very successful all through and as vice presidential candidate he is going to deliver again for his boss, Atiku abubakar, for ADC and for the Nigerian peopl When he says I defeated him, please let me ask Chibuike Amaechi, did he contest for Rivers State governorship election in 2015? Did he contest for any political office in Rivers State in 2019? How did you defeat him When Wike is talking about elections, can’t you see he restricts himself to Rivers State? Local champion Any politician that knows what he’s doing cannot be betrayed by another. If there is anybody that betrayed the other, I can say it emphatically that Peter Obi betrayed me I told Obi that these people had become agents in the hands of the government to destabilise him. What they did was absolutely illegal and unconstitutional, I told him that if he went back to them, I wouldn’t join him in doing so. Thereafter, I called all the people that were in the inner circle and told them the same thing about what Obi was trying to do. I told them he wanted to go back with the Abure people and if he did, I wouldn’t go back with him because I do not swallow back my words. And after saying all those things, within like 72 hours, Obi went back to Abure’s office to publicly endorse them and while he was there talking to them, one of the leaders in that executive sent me the video to mock me that the person I was fighting for against them has come to Even though the order from President Tinubu to the EFCC to unfreeze the Osun State account might seem morally reasonable, it is not legally correct. Okonkwo's reaction to EFCC freezing Osun state account The directive has shown the world what every Nigerian already knows, that Tinubu is someone who repeatedly uses corruption and independent agencies to unfairly target and harass his political opponents. His admission that he didn’t know about the EFCC action supports Cardinal Onaiyekan’s view that the people close to Tinubu are showing a false positive image of the country’s situation. Okonkwo's reaction to EFCC freezing Osun state account The Bishops went to him to help him understand how things really are. Now Tinubu should thank the Bishops and scold his helpers. Tinubu said INEC is neutral, told ICPC to look into Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, and today told EFCC to unfreeze an account they had frozen. Okonkwo's reaction to EFCC freezing Osun state account These show that none of our federal institutions is independent under Tinubu. Eternal vigilance is the only way to stop Tinubu from interfering in the actions of the “independent” institutions Okonkwo's reaction to EFCC freezing Osun state account Rule of law is castrated under Tinubu. In 2027, Nigeria should experience a significant change Okonkwo's reaction to EFCC freezing Osun state account The excuse that the IGP cannot produce Adeyemi because there is a court order remanding him in custody is another absurdity because the legislature is a separate arm of government that cannot be legitimately stopped from performing its constitutional duties by the order of another branch.” Natural justice demands that you cannot condemn a man unheard. Any findings of the National Assembly that condemns the Prince or Femi without hearing from them is a nullity and will be laughable. The purported conclusion of investigation of the criminality of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) without interrogating Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the DG of the agency, or Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff of the President, is a rape of justice and a caricature of the independence of the legislature APC is already imploding, and will continue to implode until they are blown to smithereens. And we are talking two years to the election. I’ve made it clear that everybody joining APC now will regret it, because how do you think a nation of 200 million persons will tolerate to continue to be in ad infinitum poverty, ad infinitum hunger and hardship? Power resides with the people. When the people will speak, all these walls will crack. Contemplating that me, that entered politics for the welfare of the people, shall join an APC that is insensitive to the people’s welfare, that has punished Nigerians with hunger and hardship – The World Bank report now said that Nigeria will sink further into poverty till 2027. That in Tinubu’s regime, there is no hope for recovery from poverty. And they gave their reasons – Structural economic weaknesses, dependence on oil revenue, national fragility, in other words, national conflicts. Look at what’s happening in Plateau State. More than 100 persons have died, massacred by unknown people, and the president was in Paris and could not even cut his travel short to commiserate with people from Plateau State Look at what’s happening in Rivers State. A president declared martial law and removed constitutionally elected representatives of the people. And look at what’s happening in Benue State. People dying. All the things this president has given Nigeria is tears and blood. And you want to say Kenneth Okonkwo will contemplate going into such an association? The strangest of fellows can always come together when there is a national crisis, as we have now,” We are moving in that direction to solidify the unity amongst all the opposition forces to take out this government You want my life and enthusiasm to be drained? No! I reject APC as presently constituted, It makes me feel fulfilled, it makes me feel that what I took the decision to enter (Nollywood) 27 years ago, against all odds would turn out this way. So if 27 years after, the first movie has sustained the tempo and crescendo to the point that the younger generation yearns for a sequel, I feel honoured. The fact that my face still features prominently in the sequel, makes me fulfilled Technology-wise, it is like comparing the stone age with the modern age but in terms of artistic perfection, it is almost the same thing. The depth of acting when we started is actually way better than what is obtainable today because a lot depended on the creativity and dexterity of the actor Back in the day, the depth in the acting sold a movie. Remember, there was nothing like a film trick, so, the depth of acting when we started was quite deep. We shot it in Lagos, Adeshina Street in Surulere and several other locations. During that time we had no scripts so we had to come up with our entire lines ourselves. For instance, to introduce a scene, the director can say, “And Andy walked in angrily and spoke to his wife”. We the actors would now have to develop the dialogue ourselves. It was really tough From day one when I starred in ‘Living in Bondage’ I made up my mind that I was going to maintain the standard I read all my scripts before taking up the role. When they came up with this sequel, the script took the producers about three years to write. They kept rewriting it and I was involved in the entire process from the beginning until they came up with a fantastic script. When we shot the first one, I never knew there would be a sequel to it, so when we see the Almighty God we will ask him. This time around, content is able to generate the same interest with a double portion. These guys (the producers) are brilliant, they made me earn royalty from it and I had that ownership, no matter how small the royalty is. So, we are now watching in a new way, what was done in the 20th century, speaking about the same thing, passing the same message but in a different container Not really, because this sequel is a continuation and recreation of the first part. We simply recreated the original ‘Living in Bondage’ which has kept everyone captivated from the beginning to the end. When I was watching the film with the journalists, the confrontation scene between Ramsey Nouah and I drew the greatest applause. This meant that everybody who watched the film was captivated. That shows you the depth of that movie, no one stood up. When we shot the original version, the script came like a story, every scene was not dialogued. This meant that a lot depended on the creativity of the actors who came up with a fictional story. But this one is detailed and dialogued and the artiste can just come in to take the dialogue. The first one, we had to rehearse for more than one month because we had to generate the dialogue ourselves. The main fact that the major themes of the movie (rituals and internet scam) still exists almost 30 years after shows that a lot still needs to be done. This means that Nigerian filmmakers need to keep emphasing and highlighting the consequences of these crimes. You can see that the consequences of the lead actor’s actions are relatable even in our present times. Aside from showcasing wealth, riches etc in movies, filmmakers need to emphasise the need for honest living. When you sell your soul to the devil, he comes after everything, including your lineage. We need to keep emphasing on the dangers of crime and the quick rich syndrome. So many societal ills can be corrected and reduced if filmmakers produce more films for the greater good. Nigeria has its laws that should be respected. No Nigerian is qualified to go to a University without 5 credits at the O’ Level. Tinubu purporting to be qualified for President by providing a foreign University certificate, which the University publicly declared did not emanate from it, without providing his secondary school certificate or its equipment disqualifies him from being President The judges have usurped the powers of the executive and the legislature from the bench with the instrumentality of perverse judgement Despite all warnings by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the National Judicial Council (NJC), some judges have operated as an island on their own, interpreting the laws they made on the bench, bereft of the imprimatur of the legislature. The only reason our democracy is in peril is because of judicial rascality [https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/04/2027-not-providing-primary-secondary-school-certificates-disqualified-tinubu-kenneth-okonkwo/[ External links nm2099651 Category:Actors from Nigeria Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:University of Nigeria alumni