There are indications that all is not well with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State as former governor of the state and serving Senator on the platform of the party, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said governorship candidate of the APC in the state is not known to him.
Kalu who made this shocking remarks while appearing on Arise News Morning Show, said though he is a loyal party man and loyal to the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu, the party governorship candidate in Abia State has not come to make his intention known to him hence he is not aware he is contesting.
The Senator representing Abia North statement came when he was asked if he was in support of the APC governorship candidate in the state knowing very well that his younger brother too is contesting for the number one seat in the state.
INFO DAILY reports that the Senate Chief Whip’s younger brother and
former Chief of Staff in the last administration in Abia State, Mr. Mascot Uzor Kalu, is contesting for the number one seat in the state on the platform of the Action Peoples Party (APP).
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The Senate Chief Whip responded to questions: “How do you expect me to pledge my support for someone I do not know. Anyone has not come to me to say he is contesting for governorship in Abia State, so I am not aware. So I can’t pledge my support for the person who has not make his intention known to me.
“How do you expect me to support someone who didn’t come to me to make his intention known but has been going around insulting me and calling me all sorts of names. He has been going from community to community insulting me; calling me all sorts of names. Yesterday, he was in my community, he met with chiefs and insulted me there.
“He said I stopped his Senatorial ambition; he said I have been stopping him to become governor of the state, how… I just have one vote for crying out loud, so how does my one vote stop someone. So, I am just watching.”
When asked if he would sacrifice his party for his brother, Kalu insisted that APC governorship candidate is unknown to him, adding that his younger brother is competent and experienced to do the job.
He, however, emphasized that his vote is for the ruling APC.