Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of turning in opposition to him after he allegedly dedicated enormous monetary assets to constructing and sustaining the social gathering.
Speaking on Arise Television on Monday, Kalu mentioned he funded social gathering conferences, employed plane, paid honorariums and supplied meals for conferences at a time when the PDP was struggling financially.
He mentioned his contributions have been motivated by his want to determine a robust political platform able to ending navy rule in Nigeria.
Speaking throughout an interview, the senator representing Abia North mentioned he additionally financed the actions of former President Olusegun Obasanjo after his launch from jail, together with arranging plane for his actions.
Kalu mentioned he felt betrayed as a result of the social gathering allegedly failed to understand his contributions and as a substitute turned in opposition to him, along with his companies struggling as a consequence.
“I was the one funding the meetings, aircraft, paying honorariums to people that came for cooking food and all the rest of them. That is the truth,” he mentioned.
He added that he started supporting the social gathering financially earlier than outstanding people later joined in funding its actions.
“I brought in the money to form the party before bigwigs like you went and started bringing money to support the party. I started bringing money, started funding like President Obasanjo when he came out of prison,” he mentioned.
According to Kalu, Obasanjo stayed at his home after his launch from jail, whereas he supplied monetary help and organized plane for him.
He, nonetheless, rejected the suggestion that his emergence as governor was a profit the PDP gave him in return for his contributions, arguing that he may have change into governor on one other political platform.
“What I got in return is killing off my businesses,” he mentioned.
The former governor additionally acknowledged his longstanding relationship with former navy Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, describing him as his former navy president and an individual he nonetheless respects.
However, he denied receiving monetary advantages from the connection, saying he loved solely friendship and goodwill.
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