The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State and the South-East area is to be led by Benjamin Okezie Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The APC leaders made the request, according to a statement issued by Levinus Nwabughiogu, the Deputy Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, when they paid him a courtesy call in Abuja. They swore that Kalu would continue to serve as their go-to person for the presidency because he holds the highest political office from the South East.
The APC leaders were led by Senator Chris Adighije, a former lawmaker from Abia Central. Others are Senator Nkechi Nwogu, who also represented Abia Central; former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Nwogu; former Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Henry Ikoh; pioneer leader of APC in Abia State, Chief Sam Nkire; former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Stanley Ohajuruka; former Speaker of the state assembly, Chief Martins Azubuike; former member of the House of Representatives, Sam Onuigbo; former member of the state assembly, Dr Blessing Nwagba; and a national commissioner in PenCom from South East, Chief Anyim Nyerere, amongst others.
Senator Adighije spoke on their behalf and thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for providing the South-East a sense of inclusion in the political system of the country.
Adighije said in his address to Deputy Speaker Kalu: “We are here to pledge our support because you now hold a position of responsibility and trust. Charity begins at home. So, whatever has happened in Abia, we are here to ask you to quickly do the needful. So that, Abia, all of us, will come together.”
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He said further: “We are all here to plead with you, and we know you are a man of action, to build bridges across the lines in Abia and, indeed, the South East. So that Abia State and, indeed, the rest of South East, will take what is rightfully their own. We cannot talk about marginalisation anymore with you as deputy speaker.”
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