2027: Deputy Speaker Kalu Secures APC Re-election Ticket For Bende Federal Constituency Unopposed

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, on Saturday, was returned unopposed as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State in the 2027 general election.
Kalu was returned through a pronouncement by the APC registered members in the 13 electoral wards of Bende Federal Constituency. They included Alayi, Bende, Ezeukwu, Igbere, Item, Itumbuzo, Nkpa, Ntalakwu, Ozuitem, Ugwueke, Umu-imenyi, Umuhu-Ezechi, and Uzuakoli Wards.
The exercise was held across the 13 electoral wards and began in the afternoon, with party members from the federal constituency turning out in large numbers at their respective wa...