A Stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state and Governorship Aspirant of the party in the 2027 Governorship election, Mascot Uzor Kalu has raised an alarm over a so-called stakeholders’ meeting being convened in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, today, April 12, 2026, where members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Executive, LGA Chairmen, and other handpicked party stakeholders have been reportedly instructed to mobilise 20 persons per ward under the belief that the meeting is about the presidential campaigns for the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Mascot Uzor Kalu in a statement notes that credible information available to him indicates that this gathering is nothing more than a premeditated plan to foist an aspirant on the party through an endorsement charade.
The former chief of staff to a former Abia Governor stated clearly and without ambiguity that any premeditated consensus arrangement orchestrated by the APC State Working Committee (SWC) and stakeholders, without the participation of all aspirants contesting for the same position, is illegitimate, unacceptable, and null and void ab initio.
He assured that such an imposition will be met with stiff and unequivocal resistance.
Uzor Kalu further warned against reducing the APC in Abia to a tool for personal ambition or manipulated to serve narrow interests.
“Party executives were elected to uphold fairness, internal democracy, and due process, not to act as agents of endorsement for any individual.
“I therefore caution the Abia APC SWC to desist from actions that could undermine party unity and credibility. The era of coercion, backdoor arrangements, and political puppetry is over. As elected custodians of the party structure, members of the SWC must remain neutral and refrain from dancing to the tune of any aspirant.
“I stand firm with all Abians; no amount of intimidation will make me step down. Every Abian has the constitutional right to run for any political office they deem fit. We shall not be cajoled into believing that one individual, who is not prepared to run for office, is now the anointed candidate,” Uzor Kalu restated.
The Governorship Aspirant therefore cautioned APC SWC to desist from attending any pro-group meetings, especially those convened by aspirants.
” The integrity of our party is non-negotiable, and any attempt to subvert it will be strongly challenged,” he concluded.
