‘I won’t retract my words,’ Kenneth Okonkwo replies Peter Obi’s N5bn lawsuit threat (opens original article in a new tab)

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Kenneth Okonkwo, has refused to retract his defamatory remarks against Nigeria's presidential candidate Peter Obi, who threatened a N5 billion lawsuit if he does not apologize and pay compensation. Okonkwo claims he spoke the truth based on information from NDC aspirants and criticized the disclosure of his phone number as a privacy breach.

• Kenneth Okonkwo refuses to retract defamatory remarks against Peter Obi
• Peter Obi threatens N5bn lawsuit if Okonkwo does not apologize and pay compensation
• Okonkwo claims he spoke truth based on information from NDC aspirants
• Okonkwo criticizes disclosure of his phone number as a privacy breach