The Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu has said that President Bola Tinubu has no serious challenger ahead of the 2027 presidential election, saying opposition parties lack the capacity to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress.
It was gathered that Kalu addressed his constituents in his hometown, Igbere, in the Bende Local Government Area of Abia State during a meeting with stakeholders of his political groups, the OUK Movement and Reality Organisation, and members of the APC in the state.
The former Abia State governor said that the opposition parties are still divided and have not been able to solve their internal crises before the general election.
“I can tell you that just as President Tinubu has no competitor in 2027, APC as a party has no challenge. “The opposition in the country is in shambles, they are yet to put their houses in order, they do not have the capacity to challenge APC,” Kalu said.
The lawmaker also supported the economic policies of the Tinubu administration, describing the President as a resolute leader willing to take tough decisions in the interest of the country.
“Tinubu is what a good leader should be; he is not afraid of taking decision. “He is taking tough decisions for the interest of the country,” he said.
The administration’s economic policies had not yet yielded all the desired results, but progress was being made, Kalu admitted.
“We may not have gotten where we ought to be with the President’s economic policies, but we are getting there. True, we are still battling with the micro economy, but the macro economy is doing well,” he added.
Kalu said he was accountable to his constituents in the Senate for Abia North and would leave office when they withdrew their mandate.
He said no senatorial district in the country had excelled Abia North in attracting Federal Government projects.
He said his representation had also helped in the rehabilitation of several roads, reconstruction of schools and the distribution of uniforms and text books to pupils in the constituency.
Kalu was confident of returning to the Senate, insisting that the APC was firmly rooted in Abia State.
He predicted that Tinubu will win the state in 2027 presidential election.
However, the former governor urged the APC leadership in Abia to manage the party’s affairs with maturity, justice and fairness so that factions would not form.
He said APC members were invited to the stakeholders’ meeting in the efforts to promote unity and strengthen the party ahead of the elections.
A former governorship aspirant in the state on the platform of the APC, Mascot Uzor Kalu, implored party faithful to close ranks and work together for victory in 2027.
Mascot said he withdrew from the party’s governorship primary held last month in the interest of unity and peace in the APC.
He charged party members to support Tinubu’s re-election and vote for all APC candidates in Abia State in the 2027 general elections.
Other speakers at the meeting, including George Nnanna Kalu and Uche Ogboso, praised Senator Kalu for what they called quality representation and pledged to support his re-election.
