2027: Kalu’s third-term bid faces zoning dispute

— Camp denies signing MoU, alleges forgery
By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA — The third-term ambition of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has run into fresh controversy as traditional rulers in Bende, Abia State, insist on a 2019 power-rotation agreement that his campaign organisation has dismissed as a forgery.
More than 27 traditional rulers from communities across Bende Federal Constituency reaffirmed the purported Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at a meeting in Igbere on Friday, while Kalu’s campaign Director-General, Rev. Emmanuel Trumps Eke, denied that he or his principal signed the document.
The monarchs said the agreement was designed to promote equita...