The third-term ambition of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has run into fresh controversy as traditional rulers in Bende, Abia State, insist on a 2019 power-rotation agreement that his campaign organisation has dismissed as a forgery. More than 27 traditional rulers from communities across Bende Federal Constituency reaffirmed the purported Memorandum of Understanding at a meeting in Igbere on Friday. Kalu's campaign Director-General, Rev. Emmanuel Trumps Eke, denied that he or his principal signed the document. The monarchs said the agreement was designed to promote equitable representation and peaceful coexistence between the Umunna and Ikwu-Isii blocs.
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