Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the Abia State governorship and sweep the Senate, House of Representatives, and State Assembly seats in the 2027 general elections.
He stated this on Saturday in Abuja as APC stakeholders from Abia State purchased and formally presented him with the Expression of Interest and Governorship Nomination Forms, pleading with him to run for Governor of Abia State.
In a press release dated May 3, 2026 by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker Levinus Nwabughiogu, the Deputy Speaker assured the stakeholders that the APC would deliver victory across board.
He said: “I want to thank you for bringing this form and I want to assure that at the end of the day, the story must change in Abia State, and we will work with the party to make sure that that happens. I have said it time and again, it has never happened before that the political party has received so much interest from those who want to lead: from House of Assembly to the House of Representatives to the Senate to governorship. It means that gradually, people are beginning to understand what APC stands for.
“We will not allow this dream to die. We will fight till the end. We will win the House of Assembly positions. We will win House of Representatives. We will sweep the Senate seats and win the governorship. We will win for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
Kalu however said that his formal response to the call will come soon, stressing that delivering massive votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reelection remains his priority.
“The most important thing for me is to make sure that this man who has come as a reformer, who has come to leave legacies, that it is seen visibly, that our people of the South East, starting from Abia State are standing solidly behind him. Every other thing to me is secondary”, he said.
