Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has vowed that Governor Alex Otti of Abia State will lose re-election in 2027.
According to him, Otti has performed below expectations in office and would have no chance of getting re-elected by Abians.
He said despite huge budgetary allocations, Otti had little to show in Abia.
The Deputy Speaker made the declaration in Umuahia on Sunday while addressing the members of Renewed Hope Partners and other APC members.
He, however, said that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, will not apply federal government force to win elections in the state.
He said the party would dislodge the ruling Labour Party with people's votes.
Kalu, who told Abia people, especially the members of the APC, to obtain their voter's cards in the ongoing continuous voters' registration, said the cards would be used to sack the ruling Abia government in Abia by 2027.
"We are not going to take over this State by force. Some people when we talk, they say we want to use Federal government power, no!
"We are going to use the votes of the masses", said Kalu.
He accused the the Labour Party, LP-led administration in Abia State of underperformance, saying that two former governors, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu achieved better results with about 3 and 4 billion Naira they received as monthly FAAC allocations, when compared to the bigger allocations the State is receiving presently.
