Nigeria, June 10 -- The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has threatened to file a N5 billion lawsuit against his former ally and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, for alleged defamation.

In a pre-action letter to Mr Okonkwo signed by his lawyer, Alex Ejesieme, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Obi accused the ADC chieftain of making false and defamatory statements against him when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV's Sunrise Daily on Monday.

Messrs Obi and Okonkwo were political allies before now.

Both politicians were in the Labour Party, and later moved to the ADC before Mr Obi left the party for the NDC.

During the Channels TV's programme reviewed ...