Politics
2023: Orji Kalu’s Presidential Billboards Flood Lagos
Large billboards with the name and picture of Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu have emerged in major city centers of Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria.
This is amid the clamor for the emergence of a Nigerian President from the Southeastern part of the country, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is among the top list of prominent Igbo leaders who have indicated in vying for the No1 seat in the country.
One of the campaign banners, which was sited at a strategic spot at Ikeja, airport road at the state’s capital had a large picture of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu The campaign banner had the inscription, “for a better Nigeria 2023, support Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for President ”.
The banner which was mounted at the populous junction also had the logo of the ruling All Progressive’s Congress (APC) logo inscribed on it. It also has the name of the support group which reads ” Southwest Youth Movement”.
The former Abia Governor is among the top contenders from the South-East who political stakeholders as well as analysts tout as the dark horse in the 2023 Presidential race, he is also being tipped as President Buhari’s favored candidate.
Prior and after his declaration Orji Kalu has received massive endorsements from notable groups around the country while some groups have also embarked on mobilization on his behalf.
In Bauchi state, a Northern Youth Movement for Orji Kalu, a political support group for the former Abia state governor, pasted his posters on major streets and houses in Bauchi state for the 2023 president.
The posters were sighted in the Emir’s Palace roundabout, Central Market, Awalah, Fire Service, Jos Road, and several other places in the state.
Similarly, a group under the auspices of Arewa Youths for Orji Uzor Kalu (AYOUK), unveiled a platform to mobilize 30 million youths across the 19 Northern states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in solidarity with the former Abia state governor as the only trusted candidate who can consolidate the gains of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The coalition of Northern Youth has launched an awareness campaign to galvanize support for the Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu ahead of the 2023 presidential election in Nasarawa state.
In Asaba Delta State,a group, Orji Uzor Kalu Southern Team for President 2023 coordinated by Honorable Lui Ndukwe declared their support for Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The New Telegraph newspaper reported that the group expressed confidence that it will be easier for the APC to win the presidential election if Senator Kalu emerges as the party’s standard-bearer in the 2023 presidential election. Read more.
A group, the Imo First Group (IFG) has described the purported Magistrate court order to arrest Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery, as a ruse and fake news
The group stated this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
IFG challenged those peddling the fake news to make the court order public.
The statement reads ” The fabricated and concocted story was first posted on social media by Hon. Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, a media aide to Governor Hope Uzodimma, before it was picked up by other media outfits, including Arise TV.
According to the statement, those behind the report claimed that a Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja issued a Bench Warrant dated September 9, 2026, following a petition written by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Barr. Chukwuemeka Ibejiako, to the Police and DSS on October 8, 2026, over alleged presentation of fake APC primary results.
The Group debunked the existence of any such order.
“We want to state categorically and unequivocally that no jSenior Magistrate ordered or issued any bench warrant for the arrest of Araraume”
IFG however challenged anyone in possession of the purported court order to publish it.
“If you claim to have a court order present same for the public to see,
“This fabricated bench warrant contain in the report is filled with inconsistencies, the bench warrant was dated September 9, 2026, while the REC’s petition that supposedly triggered it was dated October 8, 2026, with case number CR/M/084/2026.
The statement further stated that the purveyors and harbinger of the fake news tried to trick the magistrate via exparte order but was rebuked
“The magistrate bluntly refused to grant their exparte and threatened to arrest them, yet they carried their falsehood about. What’s the problem of occupants of office that never won free and fair elections and tried to destroy reputable Imo sons that have won elections. We challenge anyone in this macabre surugede dance to show the court order or warrant of arrest. It’s preposterous to blackmail decent Imo sons on the altar of dirty politics.”
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