2027: Igbos will give Tinubu 80% votes – Deputy Speaker Kalu

The Deputy Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Friday acknowledged that President Bola Tinubu would obtain between 70 to 80 per cent of votes from the South-East through the 2027 presidential election.

Kalu assured that the variety of votes from the South-East would characterize the Igbo folks’s means of repaying Tinubu for his dedication to the area’s growth.

He gave this assurance in Ntalakwu, situated within the Ikwuano Native Authorities Space of Abia State, as contained in an announcement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu.

Kalu mentioned, “We’re promising the President, 70 to 80 per cent of votes from Igboland. Allow us to proceed to stay as individuals who love peace and unity.

“No different President has remembered the promise made to the Igbo folks after the warfare like President Bola Tinubu.

“Fifty years got here and handed, administrations got here and handed, none of them deemed it proper to fulfil these guarantees made to Ndi Igbo, and solely President Bola Tinubu took it upon himself and mentioned, there have to be a platform to reply to these proposals made to Ndi Igbo.

“He selected the South East Growth Fee which no different President accepted to signal. He answered our drawback to allow us to develop the agricultural communities in Igboland.

“He signed the SEDC invoice into regulation and has funded it even when naysayers mentioned he wouldn’t. He loves Ndi Igbo and we Igbos keep in mind those that love us.”