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2027: Deputy Speaker House of Reps, Benjamin Kalu Says ‘Igbos Won’t Sit On The Fence’
Ahead of the 2027 elections, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has declared that Igbos won’t sit on the fence.
Kalu said Igbos were tired of sitting on the fence when national politics was being discussed at the centre.
He noted that it was time for Igbos to affiliate with the centre.
Speaking during the inauguration of the Renewed Hope Initiative in Osisioma Ngwa council area of Abia State, he said those at the centre are aware when the issues of development are being decided.
Kalu also applauded President Bola Tinubu for his infrastructural development in the Southeast and appointments given to people from the region.
He said: ”Igbo will not sit on the fence in 2027. Igbo won’t sit on the fence when the issue of politics is being discussed at the centre.
“This is the time to be at the center. It’s someone at the centre who knows when issues of development are being discussed.
“When you are sitting on the fence, everything would have been concluded before you jump in. This is what I have been telling Abia people not to sit on the fence or we miss out of a moving train.
“Why is it that Abia is moving back when other states are going to the front?”
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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