Ahead of the 2027 general election, there’s rising political tension in Abia State, with some opposition leaders in the State hell-bent on stopping Governor Alex Otti’s re-election.
The opposition figures, many of whom previously held power in the state, have threatened that Otti will not be reelected for a second term as governor in 2027.
These figures have also been holding political meetings and issuing public statements against Otti’s administration.
Two former Governors of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Chief Theodore Ahamefule Orji, alongside other former political leaders, said they have allied to unseat Governor Otti in the 2027 general election.
According to them, they intend to win all elective positions in Abia for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The duo met in Umuahia and resolved to forge a common front they christened, ‘The Team,’ a platform for their political battle against Otti and other anti-APC interests.
In addition, the group signalled that it will institute a legal action against Otti for allegedly running Abia from his Nvosi country home instead of the Government House, Umuahia.
Kalu described the assembly as a platform for experienced leaders who want to reclaim their relevance in the state’s political landscape.
The Abia North senator rejected narratives portraying previous governments as ineffective, insisting that their legacies live on.
The former Abia governor said, “Leadership is a relay. I handed over to Senator T.A. Orji, who handed over to Okezie Ikpeazu. No single individual can claim we achieved nothing. If we did nothing, where would our people be today?”
Otti hasn’t done better, he’s repainting roads – Kalu
While addressing journalists recently, Senator Kalu accused Governor Otti of not doing much with the allocation the state is getting from the federal government.
He claimed that the governor was only repainting roads he (Kalu) built during his time as the state governor.
Kalu said he won’t work for Ottis’ reelection in 2027 even though he delivered for Otti in the last gubernatorial election in 2023.
He said: “I consider the Governor as my friend. And two years, I’ve never criticized. I never said anything, and they shot the first salvo. I replied by telling them that I will work for APC to win.
“We worked for him to win 2023. We are not going to do that again. What is wrong with that? Is that why I should receive insults? It is not acceptable to me. I’m going to work for my party.
“If he has done better, I don’t know about that, because you can see that what I did in two years as a governor, the records are there for you to see. The money Otti receives in four months is what I received in eight years. That is the truth.
“He is just repainting and rebuilding the roads I built as a governor from 1999 to 2007. I’ve not seen any new major roads taking place.
“I’m in the Senate, and all the roads I’m doing in communities are brand new farmland roads.”
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