{"id":67721,"date":"2025-06-10T18:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67721"},"modified":"2025-06-10T18:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:52:04","slug":"abia-apc-disowns-kalus-visit-to-otti-says-endorsement-personal-misleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/10\/abia-apc-disowns-kalus-visit-to-otti-says-endorsement-personal-misleading\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia APC Disowns Kalu\u2019s Visit to Otti Says Endorsement Personal, Misleading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Abia State has distanced itself from Senator Orji Uzor Kalu\u2019s recent visit to Governor Alex Otti, describing it as a personal move that does not reflect the party\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued Tuesday and signed by the Acting Publicity Secretary, Sterling Urakpa, the party condemned Kalu\u2019s praise of the Labour Party-led government, saying it contradicts the APC\u2019s stance on governance in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Orji Uzor Kalu\u2019s visit to Governor Alex Otti was a personal engagement. It does not reflect the position or endorsement of the Abia State APC,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The APC accused the Labour Party administration in Abia of lacking transparency, concealing project costs and contracts, and being riddled with unresolved conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p>It reiterated that the party\u2019s position had earlier been made clear by State Chairman Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu at the launch of Renewed Hope Partners in Bende Local Government Area on May 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Warning against what it called \u201cpolitical fraternisation,\u201d the party stressed that no APC member should exploit support for President Bola Tinubu as a cover for pursuing personal political gains or diluting party principles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not tolerate a repeat of the 2023 betrayal where party discipline was sacrificed for personal gain,\u201d Urakpa stated.<\/p>\n<p>He called on party executives at the ward and local government levels especially those in Kalu\u2019s and Senator Chris Adighije\u2019s constituencies to remain vigilant and protect the party\u2019s core values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC in Abia is focused on enforcing discipline and building a united front capable of reclaiming the state in 2027,\u201d Urakpa affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged Abians to critically assess Governor Otti\u2019s performance, arguing that widespread public praise for his administration is misplaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbians must learn to compare their state\u2019s progress with others. The fanfare surrounding less work done despite substantial federal support only highlights what we\u2019ve lost under the Labour Party,\u201d he said. \u201cAbians deserve more than clapping with one hand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Abia State has distanced itself from Senator Orji Uzor Kalu\u2019s recent visit to Governor Alex Otti, describing it as a personal move that does not reflect the party\u2019s position. In a statement issued Tuesday and signed by the Acting Publicity Secretary, Sterling Urakpa, the party condemned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":67722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67723,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67721\/revisions\/67723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}