ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has denied supporting Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, in the forthcoming election.
Ikpeazu said this while reacting to claims by the Senate chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, that he was backing Tinubu’s presidency.
The Abia Governor spoke while addressing journalists after inspecting the ongoing final asphalt overlay on Faulks Road, Aba.
Voiceofnaija.ng had reported Kalu as saying that Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, will vote for Tinubu in the 25 February Presidential election.
Kalu stated this on Monday in a Channels Television interview, adding that the APC standard-bearer has the needed support to win the presidential election.
Senator Kalu said: “Tinubu is a frontrunner. Tinubu is well-liked by the north and is from the south-west and is going to get meaningful votes in Imo, Ebonyi, Abia, Anambra, and Enugu and he is going to have the support of governor Wike of Rivers state. So, we’re on track.
“My governor here – Okezie Ikepazu – will also support Tinubu. My senatorial district is going to give Tinubu the votes — 34, 35 percent — to be on the ballot.
“Tinubu will win because they know that Tinubu’s presidency will help us to have a stepping stone to a free market. People of the south-east will vote for Tinubu.”
However, Ikpeazu described Kalu’s remark as mere speculation and wishful thinking.
According to Ikpeazu: “No member of G5 can railroad another member into supporting anyone against his will as suggested by Senator Kalu”.