Abia gov vows to support LP candidate, unseat Kalu
The Abia State Governor Alex Otti, has asked the senator representing the Abia North Senatorial District Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to prepare for crushing defeat ahead of 2027 general election. Otti spoke through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, on Monday while reacting to a credited to Kalu who claimed that the All Progressive Congress will take over Abia State in 2027, adding that he will work for candidates of APC.
The statement stated that Otti has never gone to Kalu to appeal to him to support his re-election bid, nor has he ever made any attempt to convince him to work against his party the APC or their would-be governorship candidate in 2027.It added that Kalu’s penchant for consistent emphasis on not supporting Otti against his party and would-be C candidate, has, to say the least, become pedestrian and ludicrous.
Otti disclosed that those who genuinely want to support their party and candidates do not make unnecessary noise about it, rather they show it through hard work and sincere dedication. The statement read in part, “If Senator Kalu’s repeated statements are geared towards issuing subtle threats to Governor Otti, then he is committing a calamitous blunder of costly consequences, because threats toughen rather than frighten or weaken Governor Otti.
“We challenge Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to publicly produce his polling unit and ward results from the last governorship and presidential elections.“Results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) clearly show that the All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered overwhelming losses in both the governorship and presidential elections across polling units and wards of all APC candidates during the 2023 elections in Bende Local Government Area, where Senator Kalu hails from.“
The question remains: if he truly worked for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, how did the President lose in his constituency while Senator Kalu won an election conducted on the same day? “It is also important to note that four capable and formidable aspirants have already declared interest in contesting the Abia North Senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party.
Whoever emerges from the primaries will receive the full support of the Governor to secure victory in the 2027 elections.”
