Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu wins House of Reps ticket for 3rd tenure

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has won the All Progressives Congress, APC, ticket to contest for the Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State in the 2027 election.
Kalu, who was elected in 2019 and 2023, emerged as the APC candidate on Saturday unopposed.
He was elected by delegates from the 13 political wards of Bende Federal Constituency.
The election, which commenced late in the afternoon, was monitored by the APC electoral panel chairman for Abia, Erasmus Cishak, and was relatively peaceful in parts of the state visited by DAILY POST.
Speaking to journalists on Saturday evening at the APC office after his victory, the Deputy Speaker of the H...