Former two-term Abia State governor and serving senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has predicted that the National Assembly of Nigeria will soon enact legislation establishing state police in the country, adding that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is already taking steps that would ensure its legal activation.
Kalu said the proposed state police system is both desirable and necessary but stressed that the enabling law must include provisions for prosecuting any governor who contravenes its regulations.
The senator spoke on Friday during the first-quarter tripartite meeting of the OUK Movement, the Reality Organisation and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, held at his Camp Neya country home in Igbere, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State.
He commended APC members in the state for conducting peaceful ward, local government and state congresses, revealing that he and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, both from Abia North, had worked together to ensure the success of the exercises.
According to him, the successful congresses followed the reconciliation of party members across the state.
Anyone who does not accept the outcome of the congresses should withdraw from the party,” he said.
Kalu also said President Tinubu remains committed to ensuring peace within the APC and across the country, noting that the administration has taken steps to stabilise the economy, manage foreign exchange, reduce inflation and increase financial allocations to states and local governments.
The senator further disclosed that he had inaugurated a 28-member APC Technical Committee headed by Professor Antony Agbazuere to develop a blueprint for the party to secure a sweeping victory in Abia State in the 2027 elections, including delivering the state for President Tinubu.
He explained that the committee was mandated following a meeting held on January 9, 2026, involving three former governors of the state – himself, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu.
Speaking on governance, Kalu said the Federal Government had invested significant funds in Abia State, more than at any other time in the state’s history.
We will review the records to see how those funds were managed. All federal roads constructed or rehabilitated in Abia will be refunded to the state by the Federal Government,” he stated.
On the 2027 elections, the senator vowed that the APC would mobilise fully to secure victory for President Tinubu and other party candidates.
“It was shameful that I got only 40,000 votes and President Tinubu only 4,000 votes in Abia during the 2023 election,” he said.
He added that Abia must align with the federal government for greater development.
“Abia State must be part of the central government like many other states. I have come out because the people asked me to. The broom, which is the APC symbol, binds us strongly, and I will improve on what I have done,” he said.
Responding to questions about zoning for the 2027 governorship election, Kalu said that if zoning is adopted, the Abia North senatorial zone should produce the next governor.
His younger brother, Mascot Uzor Kalu, has already declared his intention to contest the governorship on the APC platform.
Former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji, noted that many political leaders in the state emerged from Kalu’s political structure, the Reality Organisation.
He listed his father, Theodore Orji, and Okezie Ikpeazu as former governors who rose through the structure and expressed confidence that Orji Uzor Kalu would be re-elected to the Senate in 2027.
He also pledged support for President Tinubu’s re-election and whoever emerges as the APC governorship candidate in the state.
Meanwhile, governorship aspirant Mascot Kalu said his ambition was driven by a desire to correct what he described as governance failures under the current administration of Alex Otti, who left the APC to contest and win the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the Labour Party Nigeria.
Mascot Kalu urged party members and supporters to mobilise across the state to ensure APC victories in future elections.
