Chief
Orji Kalu, a chieftain of theAll
Progressives Congress (APC)
and former governor of Abia
has predicted that the 2019 general elections would be violence-free
across the country.
He said: “There was no violence in 2015 in spite
the general fear and predictions before the polls, so there will be no violence
in 2019.
“The elections will be peaceful here in Abia and
across the whole Federation.”
He said that the ruling-APC government of
President Muhammadu Buhari
would stop at nothing to ensure hitch-free election.
“The elections will not be marred by violence.
APC-led government will leave no stone unturned to protect the nation
democracy.’’
He said that the pressure of electioneering
usually heated up the polity and described the development as natural and often
precedent to general elections anywhere in the world.
According to the ex-governor, such heat being
experienced should not be mistaken as a sign of imminent violence.
“Even in the U.S., the polity is presently
heating up ahead of the midterm elections coming up on Nov. 6,’’ he said.
Kalu, who is a senatorial aspirant for Abia
North, took exception to the recent destruction of billboards and posters
belonging to political
office seekers in the area.
He blamed the act on desperate politicians and
their thugs, saying that people should not make politics a do-or-die affair.
“People should see politics as a game, if you
win, you rejoice but if you lose you take it in the spirit of sportsmanship. It
should not be a do-or-die affair.’’
On the recent defections across different party
lines by some prominent politicians in the country, Kalu said that the actions
were intended to satisfy personal interest and “not in the interest of the
people.’’
“Those politicians that are defecting are doing
so for their selfish interest because they felt that they would not get the
ticket from their former parties.’’
He attributed the trend to the lack of ideology
among the nation’s political class, saying that politicians should learn to
play politics of ideology.
“You saw that when I left the Peoples Democratic Party I did not
return rather, I joined APC because it meets my expectations and that is where
all Nigerians of note are sitting.’’
Kalu said that he was determined to bring the
Southeast geo-political zone into the mainstream of the nation’s politics.
“I am currently working hard day and night to
ensure that APC wins the governorship and National Assembly positions in all
the states in the zone.
“My ambition is to make sure that I bring the
South-east to sit where other Nigerians are sitting and we must achieve it in
2019.’’
Kalu reiterated his earlier position that APC
would have a landslide victory in the zone in 2019.
He said APC would score at least, 75 per cent
votes in Abia and 51 per cent in the other states in the zone.
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