2027: S/East has resolved to work for Tinubu’s re-election – Sen. Kalu

A former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has said the South East geo-political zone has resolved to work for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Senator Kalu (APC, Abia North) disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Friday after a meeting of Abia stakeholders at his residence in Abuja. President […]

A former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has said the South East geo-political zone has resolved to work for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.

Senator Kalu (APC, Abia North) disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Friday after a meeting of Abia stakeholders at his residence in Abuja.

President Tinubu is barely two years into his first term, but leaders of opposition parties have consistently criticised his policies with the latest development being the formation of a coalition to unseat him in the next election.

Kalu said the APC would weather the storms, return President Tinubu for a second term and win more states including Abia, which is presently under the control of the Labour Party (LP), with Alex Otti, as governor.

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He said, “We have a President that has done first term and will be going for second term. If he is doing a second term, Abia needs to also align to the centre because we cannot afford to be speaking differently.

“The consensus of the South East over 2027 is that the zone will do very well in supporting President Tinubu and I challenge them to mark my words.”

Speaking on some of the strategies to ensure Tinubu’s re-election, Kalu said, “I have been working and I am on ground. Remember when Mr President visited Enugu, I was not there physically, but I have his permission to visit all the governors in the South East and beyond, and I am doing that. We are working and not resting.

“The President knows that there are few planners behind him and when we plan, we execute the plan. The class of 1999 governors is made up of very tough people and a very good class.”

Earlier, the APC National Welfare Secretary, Donatus Nwankpa said, “The idea of this meeting is to come together for the purpose of redirecting the party and consolidating the gains the party has made in recent time.”