Nigeria, June 18 -- A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has insisted that he will not retract his alleged defamatory remarks against the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, had threatened to file a N5 billion lawsuit against Mr Okonkwo if he failed to withdraw his allegations against the NDC candidate, pay N5 billion as compensation, and tender a public apology within seven days.

The former governor had, in his pre-action letter to Mr Okonkwo on 9 June, claimed the ADC chieftain defamed him by alleging that he defrauded House of Representatives aspirants of N10 million each and went a...