Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has alleged that Governor Alex Otti wouldn’t have been declared Abia State Governor in 2023 if not for his (Kalu) intervention.
In a statement by his media office on Tuesday, signed by
George Maduka, the lawmaker reiterated the determination of his team to deliver
the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State come 2027.
According to him, the ruling party does not need Governor
Alex Otti to win elections in the state, stressing that APC remains united and
solid in Abia.
The statement challenged Governor Otti to deny that he
“personally visited Senator Kalu’s residence in Igbere late at night on the eve
of the election”.
The statement asserted that prominent individuals involved
in the Labour Party’s 2023 campaign, including Chief Umeh Kalu, who served as
the party’s coordinator in Abia State, cannot deny holding discussions with
Senator Kalu concerning the governorship election. It questioned the logic of
seeking such intervention if claims of political irrelevance were indeed true.
“If he was not relevant, why was his house in Igbere visited
on the night before the election?” the statement queried.
This followed the move by Governor Otti to support the
Labour Party, LP, candidate for Abia North to defeat Orji Uzor Kalu in 2027.
Otti had in a statement issued on Monday by his media aide,
Ferdinand Ekeoma, vowed that LP will sack Kalu in 2027.
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