Alex Otti’s Days Are Numbered as Abia Governor – Reps’ Dep Speaker
POLITICS DIGEST – The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has boasted that All Progressives Congress (APC) will produce Abia State governor in 2027.
He said the Labour Party (LP) and Governor Alex Otti would not be allowed to govern the South-eastern state again.
Mr Otti was elected governor of Abia State under the LP platform during the 2023 general elections.
His election ended PDP’s over 20-year-old reign in the state.
Inaugurated on 29 May 2023, the governor’s first tenure will end by May 2027.
Mr Kalu, in an interview on Spin FM, a local radio station in Abia, said Mr Otti and his party will not clinch the position again in 2027.
A video clip of the interview has been circulating on various social media platforms.
The Abia State-born lawmaker is a member of the APC. He represents Bende Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
“This will be the last time that a Labour Party governor will govern Abia State. The next governor of Abia State will be APC governor. I say it without mincing words.
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“We (Mr Otti and I) are friends. We work together, yes. But I will not be number six citizen of the country and another party will govern my state. The next election in 2027, APC governor will be there (Abia State),” he said.
Mr Kalu said he had told Governor Otti “publicly and privately” that his reelection would be resisted and that an APC candidate would emerge governor in Abia State in the forthcoming 2027 general election.
“How it will happen, I don’t know. But it will happen,” he maintained.
The lawmaker further said he is confident that an APC governor will emerge in Abia State in 2027 because President Bola Tinubu and the APC were working hard to achieve this.
“I am confident because we’re working hard. I am confident because my government is working hard. The President is working hard.
And Abia will repay the president. A president that has given you the South-east Development Commission will be repaid.
“A president that is appointing Abians into his administration will be repaid. A president that is allowing the attraction of democracy dividends to Abia will be repaid.
“We’re not ungrateful people. Monkey will not work and Baboon will chop. APC will not help the state to be strong and then the Labour Party will take the credit. No,” he stated.
“APC will determine who becomes the next governor of Abia State. I don’t care who the person is, but one thing I know is that the party platform, APC, will be the next governor of Abia State. Go and write it somewhere.”
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