{
  "id": 4897611,
  "title": "2027: Step Down, Support Orji Kalu, Cleric Tells Bourdex, Nkole",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/2027-step-down-support-orji-kalu-cleric-tells-bourdex-nkole",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T16:50:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/01/2027-step-down-support-orji-kalu-cleric-tells-bourdex-nkole/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Baptist cleric Reverend Samson Okoro Elekwa has called on Labour Party candidate David Ogba Onuoha Bourdex and Uko Nkole of the NDC to step down and support Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Abia North senatorial seat. Elekwa argued that Senator Kalu's record of development, including road construction, education, and human capital development, makes him a better choice for the district. He criticized Bourdex's candidacy, suggesting that politics should not lead to clannish decisions and highlighting controversies surrounding Bourdex's tenure as caretaker chairman of Ohafia Local Government Area.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}