By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Benjamin Kalu, has been returned as the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate for the Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State in the 2027 general elections.
The emergence of Kalu is coming on the heels of his much anticipated, but botched bid for the Abia State Governorship seat .
The two-term member of the green chamber of the National Assembly had, until penultimate week, nursed the ambition of challenging incumbent Governor Alex Otti for the state’s topmost.
But with his purported procurement of both the House of Representatives and gubernatorial expression of interest and nomination forms of the APC, not a few had concluded that he may have jettisoned his bid for the Governorship seat.
A statement from Udora Orizu, his spokesperson, informed that Kalu emerged unopposed at the primaries conducted on Saturday, May 16,2026.
He was said to have been unanimously endorsed by party members, party leaders, ward executives, delegates, and stakeholders from the 13 wards that make up the Bende Federal Constituency.
According to the statement, delegates, stakeholders and party faithful who turned out in their numbers, lauded the Deputy Speaker for his exceptional legislative performance and landmark constituency projects which he has attracted to the area since his election to the National Assembly.
They described his unchallenged nomination as the APC candidate as a befitting appreciation of his achievements as well as a testimonial to the confidence reposed in him by the people.
On his part, Kalu thanked party members, traditional rulers youths , women groups , party elders and stakeholders for their support for him, their confidence and trust in his representation.
He assured of his commitment towards delivering more dividends of democracy to the constituents.
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