Follow Us on Google
From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
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 spoke during separate visits to APC leaders across the three senatorial zones in Abia State.
In Abia North, Kalu visited former Senate chief whip and former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, who represents the zone in the Senate. While in Abia Central and Abia South, he met with Senator John Bob Nwannunu and former managing director of the defunct Hallmark Bank, Sir Marc Wabara.
Kalu, who expressed confidence that APC would win Abia State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 polls, urged the people of South to invest their votes in the President’s re-election bid, noting that it would yield dividends for the zone.
“When the time comes, I plead with the Igbo’s 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.
“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, sentimental point is gone. What you play politics with is numbers, not how sentimental you were,” he stated.
