The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, says he will work for the success of All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the 2023 elections.
Kalu, who promoted the presidential bid of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said this to newsmen on Wednesday.
The former Abia State Governor, who spoke in Abuja, said he would put in the same efforts he devoted to Lawan before and during the APC presidential primaries in the bid to have Tinubu emerge president.
Kalu, who expressed satisfaction with the conduct and outcome of the primary election,
said he had anticipated that the party’s presidential candidate would emerge through consensus.
Kalu, a former two-term Governor of Abia State, said he was satisfied that the party held the primary poll.
He said: “The party would have been factionalised without the primary.
“The next is to work for the APC and the APC candidate.
“We have no alternative.
“I am a party man and do not shy away from issues.
“Now, the way I fought for Lawan is the same way I will fight for Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Kalu praised President Muhammadu Buhari for not endorsing any presidential candidate.
The former governor expressed the optimism that the South East would vote for the APC in 2023.
He said: “I will always take my stand on any issue.
“I accepted that Bola Tinubu won and the whole party agreed.
“There is no doubt about his victory, and when there is no doubt about his victory, we just have to go to the field to work for our party’s victory.
“I pray that my constituency, the South East, will give us the same belief that they gave to President Buhari in 2019, which gave him 68 per cent votes.
“I hope they will be able to give APC the same number of votes.”
