By Kolawole Ojebisi
Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North in National Assembly, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu is displeased with the unimpressive performance of his allies from the Southeast, particularly those from Abia State, in the 2023 general elections
Kalu said this in a post made on his official Facebook account on Monday.
He said that President Bola Tinubu was not happy that he could only get 4% vote in the entire Abia State during the 2023 presidential election despite his long-standing relationship with prominent politicans from the state.
The legislator noted that Tinubu scoring just 4% in the whole of Abia State was a worrisome outcome considering the array of personalities that APC had in Abia State during the polls.
He appealed to APC members to unite and focus in delivering victory for the APC in Abia come 2027.
“For example in 2019 when I joined the APC, President Buhari made 68% in our constituency but President Tinubu came back to make only only 4% in the entire Abia in 2023, he was not happy with the political numbers of Abia.
“He has a friend like me and he has other people that are his friends and we can only make 4%. Even me I can’t even believe it.
“The South East as a whole has to belong where other Nigerians are sitting”, Kalu said.
The former Abia State governor said that the stakeholders meeting he convened in his Abuja residence was designed to galvanize the support of Abia APC members for the party and for unity among APC members, saying that Governor Otti did not feature in the discussions.
Kalu used the statement to clarify that he did not speak against Governor Alex Otti or his performance, maintaining that he does not speak in public about his successors in office, even as he said that only the electorate can decide the fate of their leaders.
He maintained that the South East should not miss the benefits that accrue from belonging to the mainstream political environment.
