Deputy Speaker, Home of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has stated that his get together, the All Progressives Congress, APC, won’t apply federal authorities power to win elections in Abia State in 2027.
He stated the get together would dislodge the ruling Labour Social gathering with individuals’s votes.
He made the declaration in Umuahia on Sunday whereas addressing the members of Renewed Hope Companions and different APC members.
Kalu, who instructed Abia individuals, particularly the members of the APC, to acquire their voter’s playing cards within the ongoing steady voters’ registration, stated the playing cards can be used to sack the ruling Abia authorities in Abia by 2027.
“We’re not going to take over this State by power. Some individuals after we speak, they are saying we wish to use Federal authorities energy, no!
“We’re going to use the votes of the lots”, stated Kalu.
He accused the the Labour Social gathering, LP-led administration in Abia State of underperformance, saying that two former governors, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu achieved higher outcomes with about 3 and 4 billion Naira they obtained as month-to-month FAAC allocations, when in comparison with the larger allocations the State is receiving presently.
He stated that Abia individuals are ready to re-elect President Bola Tinubu in 2027 based mostly on his varied achievements and for cash he’s making obtainable to Abia and different State governors.
The Deputy Speaker disclosed that some individuals in Abia are hauling insults at him for not too long ago telling the reality to the Abia State authorities, however vowed to maintain his function as “the chief of the opposition within the State.”
