Senator Orji Kalu accuses PDP of ruining him
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on P.M. News
Orji Uzor Kalu, senator and former governor of Abia State, says he funded Olusegun Obasanjo and the PDP after Obasanjo’s release from prison, before his businesses were hit. He said on Arise Television that he paid for party meetings, flights and allowances.
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia State and elected member for Abia North senatorial district, accuses former president Olusegun Obasanjo and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of betraying him, despite the financial support he says he gave the party in its early days. He was speaking on Monday evening on Arise Television.
According to Orji Uzor Kalu, he financed Obasanjo’s political activities after the latter’s release from prison, including his air travel, meetings and allowances. He says his businesses suffered once the PDP was in power. “They did nothing for me; what I received in return was the destruction of my businesses,” he said.
The senator insists that his election as governor of Abia owed nothing to any favour from the PDP, and that he could have won it under another banner. He also cites the contributions of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, Yomi Edun and TY Danjuma to the party’s funding.
