Actor and politician Kenneth Okonkwo has criticized comedian and fellow actor Okey Bakassi for his remarks about former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. Kenneth Okonkwo addressed the issue on Instagram on Saturday, responding to a video in which Okey Bakassi questioned Obi’s ability to defend Nigerians’ votes.
Okey had said: “What I want to ask is, Nigerians are galvanised to vote for you. Do you have the capacity to defend our votes?”
In a lengthy Instagram post, Kenneth hit back at Okey, accusing him of hypocrisy and ridiculing his career.
His caption partially read: “If this hypocrite believed PO had the capacity to defend our votes, why ask him?
“No wonder he was hiding under his mother’s bed during the campaign while we were risking our lives fighting for the votes, which were later on not defended.”
The actor also criticized Okey’s contributions to Nollywood, stating:
“First of all, in all his movie life, I am not aware of any movie where he played the lead role that ever made a hit.
“It’s not unusual for failures to try to get traffic in their interviews by twisting facts about notable names. Little minds discuss people, and they do it dishonestly.”
“I don’t care what hypocrites and opportunists like Okey Bakassi say. Pretenders and sycophants say and do the worst at the back.”
