{"id":153977,"date":"2025-03-04T23:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-tinubu-hasnt-indicated-interest-apc-already-has-candidate-orji-kalu"},"modified":"2025-03-10T23:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:07:53","slug":"2027-tinubu-hasnt-indicated-interest-apc-already-has-candidate-orji-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-tinubu-hasnt-indicated-interest-apc-already-has-candidate-orji-kalu","title":{"rendered":"2027: Tinubu hasn\u2019t indicated interest, APC already has candidate \u2013 Orji Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Nigerian federal lawmaker, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has only one presidential candidate in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu, who emphasised the need for an Igbo man becoming the president, however, said it won\u2019t be in 2027, adding that President Bola Tinubu \u201cmust complete 8 years\u201d in office.<\/p>\n<p>The former Governor of Abia State said this on the Monday edition of Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, insisting that when Tinubu completes his eight years in office, the Igbo must present an acceptable candidate to all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to discuss anything about the Igbo presidency. But I still tell you there is a need for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d Kalu said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWell, in our party we have only one presidential candidate now. And Tinubu has to do eight years. It\u2019s a must.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see the repairs he has done to the economy and things are starting to pick up again. This president is not even doing politics. He has never told anybody he wants to run for election or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as a party, we have mandated him to run and given him a vote of confidence. The NEC has given him a vote of confidence, through a motion proposed by the Governor of Imo State and announced by Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who is the National Chairman of the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Nigerian federal lawmaker, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has only one presidential candidate in 2027. 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