PDP Gives Orji Kalu 48hrs To Apologize Over Claim He Funded Abia From His Pocket

The Abia State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed a former governor of the state, Orji Uzor Kalu, for allegedly claiming that he funded Abia for six months from his personal pocket during his tenure as governor.

Kalu was said to have made the claim in his defence on the amended 39 counts of N7.6bn money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

Kalu, who is the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District in the 9th Senate, governed the state between 1999 and 2007.

The Abia PDP, while responding to Kalu’s claim through one of its chieftains, Mathew Ibe, gave the former governor 48 hours ultimatum to apologize for what they describe as derogatory statement against the state and its citizens.

“We demand an apology from Kalu within 48 hours or we will drag him to court for breach of public peace because right now, our people are not happy with his claim,” Ibe in Abuja on Wednesday.

The party asked Kalu to carry his baggage and leave the state out his trial by the EFCC.

Ibe added that the former governor’s claim couldn’t have been true as his company which was named in the EFCC suit wasn’t flourishing when he assumed office as Abia governor.

Kalu, who was once a member of the PDP, had previously accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration of of persecuting him during and after his tenure in office.