A political group, the Renewed Hope Foot Soldiers for Tinubu, RHFST, has warned that the lingering crisis in Imo State All Progressives Congress, APC, could cost President Bola Tinubu South-East votes in the 2027 presidential election.
In an announcement by its National President, Gbenga Owojori, on Saturday, the group mentioned the crisis involving Governor Hope Uzodimma and former Governor Rochas Okorocha have to be resolved urgently.
According to the group, if the Imo APC crisis isn’t settled, it is going to have an effect on President Tinubu’s probabilities of getting votes from the South-East in 2027.
“Imo APC crisis could cost Tinubu South-East votes. The dispute has consequences beyond the constituency.
“It has altered the political calculations surrounding the Senate presidency and raised concern {that a} main South-East contender could be shut out of the competition earlier than the following Senate is constituted,” the assertion mentioned.
The group warned Governor Uzodimma and Okorocha to sheath their swords and work for the unity of the occasion in Imo State and the South-East.
