Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must serve two full terms, affirming that the All Progressives Congress has only one presidential candidate for the 2027 election.
“Well, in our party, we have only one presidential candidate now. And Tinubu has to do eight years. You can see the repairs he has done to the economy, and things are starting to pick up again,” Kalu said during an interview on Channels Television’s *Politics Today* on Monday.
The Senator representing Abia North and former governor of Abia State also acknowledged the need for an Igbo presidency but ruled out the possibility of it happening in 2027.
“I am not going to discuss anything about the Igbo presidency. But I still tell you there is a need for it,” he stated.
“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 further noted that while Tinubu has not personally declared his intention to seek re-election, the APC leadership has already thrown its weight behind him.
“This president is not even doing politics. He has never told anybody he wants to run for election or not. But as a party, we have mandated him to run and given him a vote of confidence,” he said.
According to him, the APC National Executive Committee has reaffirmed its support for Tinubu’s leadership, with a motion moved by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma and announced by APC National Chairman Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.
“So, things cannot just get better in one night,” Kalu added.
