A fierce power play is unfolding in Abia State and the wider South-East as top political actors scramble to position themselves as President Tinubu’s preferred ally ahead of the 2027 elections, GORDI UDEAJA reports. Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, the only state chief executive officer on the platform of Labour Party (LP), Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, also from Abia, former governor of the state, Orji Uzor Kalu, and Works Minister Dave Umahi, all on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are locked in a quiet but intense contest for relevance and proximity to the presidency..Full content / Read original.