Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu has said he believes Governor Alex Otti will be the last Labour Party member to govern the state.
“This will be the last time that a Labour governor will govern Abia State. I say it without mincing words. The next governor of Abia State will be APC governor,” the 53-year-old said in a video that went viral on Monday while he was addressing the chances of his party, APC, in the next election.
“I have told him publicly and privately that the APC governor will be next in Abia State. How it will happen, I don’t know, but it will happen.
”I am confident because my government is working hard, the president is working hard, and Abia will repay the president. The president that has given you the South East Development Commission will be repaid.
“A president that is appointing Abians into administration. A president who is attracting the dividends of democracy will be repaid. We are not ungrateful people. Monkey will not work, and baboon chop. APC will not help the state to be strong, and Labour will take the credit.”
Kalu, who represents Bende Federal Constituency, maintained that he could not hold the position of the sixth citizen of the country while another party governed his state, stressing that the 2027 election would end this.
