Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the sole presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 election.
The former governor of Abia State stated on Channels Television’s Politics Today program that Tinubu must serve two full terms in office.
He insisted that an Igbo leader should be able to emerge in the future, as long as the region puts forward a candidate who is acceptable to all Nigerians.
“I am not going to discuss anything about the Igbo presidency. But I still tell you there is a need for it.
“The Igbo must present an acceptable candidate to all Nigerians. No one zone can make a president. President Tinubu was not elected by the Yoruba. He was elected by all Nigerians,” Kalu stated.
The senator hailed the economic improvements under Tinubu’s administration, arguing that his leadership should continue for a second term.
“Well, in our party, we have only one presidential candidate now. And Tinubu has to do eight years. It’s a must.
“You can see the repairs he has done to the economy and things are starting to pick up again. This president is not even doing politics. He has never told anybody he wants to run for election or not,” Kalu said.
He also disclosed that the APC’s National Executive Council has already backed Tinubu’s re-election bid, after Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma proposed a motion at the council’s last meeting.
