This follows Kalu’s recent interview on Channels TV, where
he said he, not Obi, is the most relevant politician in the South-East.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Comrade Igboayaka O
Igboayaka, National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, questioned Kalu’s
decision to appear on Channels TV to discuss Peter Obi.

During the media chat, Senator Kalu had asserted that he is
the most prominent, important politician in the South-East saying he has
achieved more politically than Peter Obi.

“Peter is not my leader. I’m the most important politician
from the South-East zone. I have won two states in 2007 under the Progressive
People’s Alliance, PPA.

“I have run for President before. My 4.9 million votes are
still there since 2007. I achieved a lot with PPA. We had ministers,
ambassadors, and several appointments under President Yar’Adua,” Kalu had said
in the interview.

OYC noted that Kalu cannot rival Peter Obi’s level of
political influence, acceptability and popularity in the South-East and Nigeria
at large.

“Orji Uzor Kalu should humble himself and endeavor to gain
and learn political popularity and acceptability from Mr. Peter Obi.

“Peter Obi is a trailblazer as the first politician from
Igboland, both living and deceased, to have secured victories in five
South-East states during a presidential election,” the statement said.

According to OYC, Obi has made history as the first
opposition presidential candidate to have won in Lagos and Abuja against the
ruling All Progressives congress,.APC.

“Mr. Peter Obi is the only politician in Nigeria who has
motivated electorates to participate in voter registration. Peter Obi has
become a political institution, redeeming hope in Nigeria’s electoral system
and voting process.

“The Nigerian populace had become disillusioned with voting
and electioneering, however, Peter Obi proved to be a political magnet,
reattracting Nigerians to the voting system.

“Unfortunately, Nigeria’s political system allows mediocre
ones like Orji Uzor Kalu, incompetent political shenanigans, political
profiteers and looters to dance a dance of shame in our political cycle.

“In a decent and working state Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu should be
moving in shame on the street with his mask,” the statement said.

The group rejected the notion from Orji Uzor Kalu that the
PPA emerged victorious in two states, characterizing it as an erroneous
narrative that stemmed from electoral malpractices engineered by Professor
Maurice Iwu, who served as most corrupt Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, at the time.

“Similarly, in Imo State, the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP), due to internal conflicts, adopted the Progressive People’s Alliance
(PPA) as their platform, resulting in Ikedi Ohakim’s emergence as the winner of
the 2007 Imo gubernatorial election,” the statement observed.

OYC further asserted that Kalu cannot secure victory in any
credible and transparent election within his home base of Abia State, the
South-East, and Nigeria as a whole.

“Kalu should be cognizant that Nigerians’ last hope hinges
on Mr. Peter Obi’s 2027 presidential project, which will entail a defensive
Ballot Revolution across Nigeria’s 36 states.

“Orji Uzor Kalu must recognize that Peter Obi’s name will
appear on the ballot in 2027, under any available party platform.

“Furthermore, any individual or group considering electoral
manipulation and rigging in 2027, should be aware that they risk plunging
Nigerians into a crisis comparable to Somalia,” the OYC stressed.