The Senator representing Abia North at the National Assembly, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will not rely on defections to win the 2027 presidential election. He recently revealed that President Bola Tinubu will record significant success in the South-East during the next general elections.
Speaking during TVC’s “News Journalists’ Hangout,” Kalu shared that the party’s increasing strength in the South-East is the product of consistency, sacrifice and hard work.
According to him, the South-Easterners are very much ready to ensure President Tinubu and all APC candidates perform well in 2027, especially in Abia State.
He stated that amid all of the ongoing noise in Nigeria’s political space, the result will speak for itself when the time is right.
“We are not relying on defections to win. We are relying on hard work. Politics is about commitment and results, not noise.
We are on the ground and determined to ensure that President Tinubu and all APC candidates perform well in 2027, especially in Abia and across the South-East,” he said.
Orji Kalu further expressed confidence in Tinubu’s reform agenda, stressing that it is a necessary process that will yield positive results despite present hardships.
Recounting how he was ridiculed and called names when he was the only South East politician to identify with the APC in 2016, he noted that standing his ground was worth it in the end.
“Reforms come with the good, the bad, and the ugly. Nigerians are feeling pains, yes, but these pains will lead to long-term gains.
I have already sponsored a bill on social welfare and investment to reduce poverty, and will meet the President to fast-track it. We must show Nigerians that we have them in our hearts.
When I joined the APC in 2016, I was the only South-East leader in the party.
People mocked me, called me names, and thought I was mad to have joined a party that had no governor or lawmaker from our region.
But I stood my ground and kept assuring the party leadership that it would be well. In 2019, I became the first senator elected on the APC platform from the South-East, and today the story has changed.
We now have APC governors, senators, and House members across the zone,” he added.
