2027: Why Peter Obi can’t get my support – Orji Kalu

Senator Orji Kalu has ruled out supporting the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, or any other Igbo contesting in the 2027 general election, insisting that his loyalty remains with the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Kalu said he had no reason to support a candidate contesting under another political party, stressing that he was a committed member of the APC.

The former Abia State governor made this known on Monday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme.

He dismissed calls for him to support Obi or other political candidates outside the APC, describing such expectations as unreasonable.

“I’m not in the political party where they are contesting. Why should they call my name? I mean, they shouldn’t. Why should they call? No, they are just being idiotic.

“I was in PDP, I was in PPA, and my third political party is APC. So if I’m in this practice and you want me to go and support somebody in APGA, you must be sick in your mind. You must be dreaming,” he said.

The senator maintained that the APC remained the platform through which he believed the political interests of the South-East could be pursued.

He said, “I am a member of APC, pure and direct. Yeah, leave me there. I don’t have any interest. If Igbos have interest, [and] they don’t want to pursue [it in] APC; that is their business. There’s no other place the interest will be pursued except where I am.”