2027: Uzodimma, Kalu, S’East APC leaders again Tinubu’s re-election

Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, and key leaders of the All Progressives Congress within the South-East have endorsed President Bola Tinubu as their sole presidential candidate for the 2027 normal election.

The endorsement was reached on Saturday on the Izu Umunne gathering of APC stakeholders held in Enugu, the place occasion leaders reviewed nationwide political developments and the place of Ndigbo forward of the following electoral cycle.

In a doc, collectively signed by Uzodimma, Kalu, Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru; Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah; APC Nationwide Vice Chairman (South-East), Dr Ijeoma Arodiogbu; and APC Deputy Nationwide Chairman (South), Chief Emma Eneukwu, they burdened that continued alignment with the ruling occasion presents the area its finest probability of political relevance and improvement.

Within the 2027 presidential race, the South-East APC leaders declared complete help for Tinubu.

“Arising from the foregoing, the South-East declares its unalloyed, complete and unwavering help for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as our sole and undisputed presidential candidate for the 2027 normal elections,” the communiqué learn.

They praised Tinubu’s administration for what they described as deliberate efforts to handle long-standing infrastructure deficits within the area and for appointing Igbo little kids into key nationwide positions.

The governors and stakeholders declared that the South-East would henceforth align with the ruling occasion to safe higher illustration and federal presence.

“The political management of the South-East has resolved, within the supreme curiosity of Ndigbo, that by no means once more will we enable private ego and motivated actions to affect the destiny of the Zone.

‘The area would be a part of different zones in supporting the ruling occasion, whereby our leaders can successfully negotiate higher illustration and pursuits of our individuals,” the communiqué added.

The assembly additionally resolved that the APC needs to be embraced because the dominant political platform for the zone.

The leaders additionally pledged loyalty to Uzodimma and different governors within the zone, commending them for what they described as “visionary steering” and “constant defence of the curiosity of Ndigbo.”

The endorsement alerts an early consolidation transfer by the APC within the South-East forward of 2027, as Tinubu’s allies start to shore up regional help amid rising political permutations throughout the nation.