Former
Governor Orji Kalu of Abia State, on Thursday said that President Muhammadu
Buhari would win over 75 per cent of votes in the South-East in the 2019
general elections.
Kalu said
this at an expanded meeting of the executive members of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Igbere, Bende Local Government Area of Abia.
He said that
Buhari would poll high votes because he had done for the zone what previous
leaders, including former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan,
could not do, especially on roads.
Kalu cited
the ongoing rehabilitation of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu-Onitsha
Expressway and the construction of the second Niger Bridge as some of Buhari’s
major projects in the South-East.
“The party
has the antidote against rigging and what it takes to win the polls at all
levels in 2019.
“We will
never allow anybody to rig us out of elections in Abia again. We shall match
them force by force and money for money,” he said.
He urged APC
leadership not to be weighed down by the gale of defections from the party,
saying that “defection is a personal decision.
“It is their
decision to defect to other parties, but it is also our choice to remain in
APC.”
Kalu
stressed the need for APC to nominate credible candidates that would dislodge
any opponent of its governorship candidates, in State and National Assemblies.
“The power
to elect the party flag bearers is in your hands.
“Give us
good candidates and we will match the powers-that-be in the state, any how they
want it.
“You should
not vote for aspirants on sentiments. Vote for aspirants based on their track
record and proven competence.”
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