By Our Reporter.
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will present only one presidential candidate in the 2027 election.
The former governor of Abia State stressed the importance of an Igbo presidency but clarified that 2027 is not feasible, as President Bola Tinubu ‘must complete his eight-year term’ in office.”
Kalu made the declaration during an interview with Channels TV’s Politics Today on Monday night, which was monitored by Spear News.
He said he would not discuss am “anything about the Igbo presidency, even “there is a need for it,” Uzor Kalu said on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
“The Igbo must present an acceptable candidate to all Nigerians. No one zone can make a president. President Tinubu was not elected by the Yoruba. He was elected by all Nigerians”, Kalu stated.
Asked when he believes is the right time for an Igbo presidency, Kalu instead preferred to talk about the reelection of Tinubu.
He sat: “Well, in our party we have only one presidential candidate now. And Tinubu has to do eight years. It’s a must. You can see the repairs he has done to the economy and things are starting to pick up again. This president is not even doing politics. He has never told anybody he wants to run for election or not.
“But as a party, we have mandated him to run and given him a vote of confidence. The NEC has given him a vote of confidence, through a motion proposed by the Governor of Imo State and announced by Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who is the National Chairman of the party. So, things cannot just get better in one night,” the Senator said.
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