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Nigerian senator Orji Kalu denies being a CIA agent

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Senator Orji Uzor Kalu says he is not an agent of the CIA or Mossad, explaining that his former arms trading led those services to monitor him. He made these remarks on Arise TV, according to Daily Post.

Nigerian senator Orji Kalu, who represents the Abia North constituency and is a former governor of Abia State, denies being an agent of the CIA, the US intelligence agency. Asked on Arise TV about possible links with the CIA or with Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, he says he works for neither of these organisations.

According to him, his past in arms trading put him in contact with both services, which monitored him because of his business activities. "Even if I know people there, I’m not working for them. I’m not an agent," he said.

He also responded to those who describe him as an international agent. According to him, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo himself has described him as such on several occasions. "Anybody can say anything," he added.

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