{
  "id": 17513071,
  "title": "2027: South East Fully Supports Tinubu, Shettima, Says Deputy Speaker Kalu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/2027-south-east-fully-supports-tinubu-shettima-says-deputy-speaker",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T01:26:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/01/2027-south-east-fully-supports-tinubu-shettima-says-deputy-speaker-kalu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has stated that the people of the South East region have unanimously agreed to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in the 2027 elections. Kalu made these remarks during the Flag Off of the APC Women’s Mobilization Campaign/ South East Women Empowerment Programme, organized by the First Lady of the nation, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in Enugu on Saturday.\n\nKalu emphasized that Tinubu has shown his love for the Igbo people through various actions during his tenure as the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007. He highlighted that no Igbo property was taken, no Igbo businessman was arrested, and Ben Akabueze, an Igbo man, was brought into his cabinet as Governor. Kalu expressed hope that the South East region will reciprocate Tinubu's kind gestures when it comes to the 2027 elections.\n\nHe also mentioned that after the civil war, successive governments failed to fulfill their promise of the 3Rs - Reconciliation, Reconstruction, and Reintegration - to the people of Igbo land until Tinubu became President. Kalu stated that President Tinubu has proven his love for the Igbo people through concrete actions, such as signing into law the South East Development Commission Bill, which had been lingering in the Parliament for years.\n\nFurthermore, Kalu praised Tinubu for building roads, constructing bridges, providing scholarships, and offering loans, while the First Lady is empowering women in the South East. He urged the people to vote en masse for President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima on January 16, 2027, emphasizing that the South East region is complete and does not have any other candidate. Kalu reiterated that the Igbo people have waited for almost 60 years and will not accept a four-year arrangement, insisting that when it is their turn, it will be a full eight years.",
  "summary": "*Says president loves Ndi Igbo Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has said the people of South East region have unanimously agreed to return",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}