Benjamin Kalu urges APC unity in Abia ahead of 2027 polls

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has stressed the need for leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to close ranks ahead of the 2027 general election.

Kalu, according to a statement by his Special Assistant (Press Affairs), Udora Orizu, made the call during separate visits to APC leaders across the three senatorial zones in Abia State.

The statement noted that in Abia North, the deputy speaker visited former Senate Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, who currently represents the zone in the Senate. In Abia Central and Abia South, he met with Senator John Bob Nwannunu and former Managing Director of the defunct Hallmark Bank, Sir Mac Wabara, respectively.

Kalu, who expressed confidence that the APC would win Abia State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 polls, urged the people of the South to invest their votes in the president’s re-election bid, noting that it would yield dividends for the zone.

According to him: “When the time comes, I plead with the Igbos: let your votes count, not because it is not going to be counted, or because it was given where it would not drive success. Know that as it is today, in the political calculation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is where we will invest our votes and it will count.

“That is the truth. Let’s keep sentiments aside; let’s forget emotions. He’s from the South; the southern political corridor must stay united; it must be consolidated, so that we will be seen as standing as one.”

He added: “I want us to remember that this president has shown leadership. The policies were tough but the president was steadfast, courageous in his policies. He defended those policies, stood by them; today we have started benefiting from those policies.

“Igbos, let us invest our votes. Igbos, let us not waste our votes. The time of wasting our votes just to prove a point, a sentimental point, is gone. What you play politics with is numbers, not how sentimental you were.”