Ogbulafor, Maduekwe, Others Reject Kalu’s Return To PDP
•I Know Why They Are Jittery, Says Ex-Gov
By Maxwell Oditta (Lagos)Obiorah Ifoh (Abuja), and Ben Duru (Umuahia)



Crème de la crème of the Abia Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend made clear that Orji Uzor Kalu is not wanted in their midst, a position reinforced by a threat to quit the ruling party should the Wadata Plaza readmits the former Abia Governor.

Sources close to the state wing of the party have insisted that allowing the former governor into the party would cause frictions and disrupt efforts to keep Abia PDP as one.
They said Kalu’s entrance would affect the formula on which they have agreed to pick candidates for the next governorship and National and State Assemblies’ elections because the former governor will also want to steal the show.
That is the newest in the rounds of political backlashes Kalu now faces since he quit the depleted Progressives Peoples Alliance (PPA) alongside a handful of his loyalists, including Abia Deputy Governor, Chris Akomas.

Those against Kalu’s return include former PDP National Chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor; Labour and Productivity Minister, Emeka Wogu; PDP Reconciliation Committee Chairman, Ike Nwachukwu; former Foreign Affairs Minister, Ojo Maduekwe; Abia PDP Governorship Candidate in 2007, Onyema Ugochukwu.
Others are Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe; Senator Nkechi Nwaogu; Honourabe Nkeiruka Onyejeocha; Honourable Eziuche Ubani; Honourbale Chineye Ike; Honourable Mao Ohuabunwa; and Honourable Chinwe Nwanganga.

They took the decision in Abuja shortly after meeting with PDP National Chairman, Okwesilieze Nwodo.
All of them signed a resolution rejecting Kalu’s return to the party along with his lieutenants.

The resolution, titled “Resolution by the State Executive Committee and Stakeholders on the state of PDP Abia State and the Attempted Return of Kalu and other decampees to the PDP,” was jointly signed by the state chairman, Ndidi Okereke and the Secretary, Solomon Ogunji.

Reagan Ofomba, Henry Ikoh, and Ikechi Emenike – all Abia governorship aspirants under the party declined to sign the resolution.
Kalu’s antagonists insisted in a resolution issued after the meeting that his past political activities showed a repudiation of the core values of the PDP and that his readmission will negate party discipline and cohesion as contained in Article 6 of the party’s Constitution.

In a tacit rebuke of the Wadata House granting audience to Kalu, members of the SEC insisted that issues affecting the party in the state ought not to have been initiated and/or concluded without consultation with it.
Akomas, who also was received at the PDP National Secretariat last week, was barred from the meeting because, according to the hawks, he is not a member of the party.
Some other PPA members, including Sam Nkire and Kelvin Ugbaoaja who were already in the venue, were equally asked out.
The SEC resolution reads: “That the party is not opposed to the return of decampees but that such return must be in accordance with the Article 10b sub (iii) which leaves the chapter with the discretion to accept the returnee or not, considering the character and political antecedents of the returnee.

“That it is on this basis of the aforesaid provision of our constitution that the Abia State chapter rejects the return of chief Orji Uzor Kalu and declines to recommend his admission to the National Working Committee on the following grounds:
That his past political activities had shown a repudiation of the core values of our great party and his readmission would be a negation of the party discipline and cohesion as contained in Article 6 of our great party.

That the repulsion of Abia indigenes and residents over the news of his readmission into our party in which they have invested hope considering that he is the personification of mis-governance, rapacity, impunity, and ruin of the economy and security of the state.

A source at the meeting told Sunday Independent that Nwodo received the resolution and assured them he would present it to a meeting of the PDP NWC on Wednesday for deliberation.

“(Nwodo) said he will henceforth transmit the Abia message which is that there must be sanctions for impunity and wrong doing by the party,” the source said.
Bende Local Government Chapter of the party, where Kalu hails from, had in the wake of his return published an advertorial in which it claimed ignorance of Kalu’s return to the PDP.
But Kalu immediately dismissed all these positions as unwarranted shivering of political neophytes.

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The political postulation of certain members of PDP in Abia State to obstruct Orji Uzo Kalu’s readmission into the party is an arrant nonsense. Nigeria is riding the wave of democracy which entitles every citizen free association. If these goons do not appreciate Kalu’s membership in PDP, they should simply quit the party.

Dede1:

The political postulation of certain members of PDP in Abia State to obstruct Orji Uzo Kalu’s readmission into the party is an arrant nonsense. Nigeria is riding the wave of democracy which entitles every citizen free association. If these goons do not appreciate Kalu’s membership in PDP, they should simply quit the party.

What kind of person is this?are u an abian?if u are,you should know that kalu is an electoral liability,which party in any part of the world would want to see it's electoral fortunes dwindling?i am from Abia state,a true Abian for that matter,orji kalu should be busy apologising to abians for the enslavement,undevelopment and insecurity.he and his demagogue family has put us.not running from pillar to post seeking political relevance.do you know how much he fought these noble men and women?i really appreciate what the Abia PDP has done,and i support them 100%.for who the gods want to kill they first make mad.the demystification is on,the wind of change is blowing in Abia and Nigeria in general,no one can stop it.To GOD be the glory!

ubandire:

What kind of person is this?are u an abian?if u are,you should know that kalu is an electoral liability,which party in any part of the world would want to see it's electoral fortunes dwindling?i am from Abia state,a true Abian for that matter,orji kalu should be busy apologising to abians for the enslavement,undevelopment and insecurity.he and his demagogue family has put us.not running from pillar to post seeking political relevance.do you know how much he fought these noble men and women?i really appreciate what the Abia PDP has done,and i support them 100%.for who the gods want to kill they first make mad.the demystification is on,t[b]he wind of change is blowing in Abia [/b]and Nigeria in general,no one can stop it.To GOD be the glory!

What noble men are you referring to??
What wind of change might you be referring to??
and who are the people fanning this wind??

If the people you are referring to have Maduekwe and Ogbulafo amongst then i'm sorry, nothing go happen.

imagine ojo maduekwe rejecting kalu return to pdp, who the hell is ojo maduekwe?does he think we are truly idiots as he labeled us years back, all the above that signed the resolution are very unpopular people who depend on non igbos like obj to sustain them. they don't speak for the good of Abia ppl

Wise move by Abia PDP.

At the moment Kalu, like Atiku is a liability. If the PDP wants to sustain any chance of clinching victory in 2011 at the governorship elections , they must keep Orji kalu at bay. He is what people call "bad market"

Is this not the same kalu that took on Atiku in the dailies in the wake of Atiku's rumoured return to PDP after the eye-catching otta visit?

Atiku on the other hand is luckier, as he now hides under the "ZONING MUST STAY" UMBRELLA to seek some relevance in the north.

Ogbulafor still dey talk?

That serves OUK right, but PDP should be careful. They might cos of personal interests destroy the fortune of the party in general. I forsee APGA benefiting from all the crises coming up. OUK made the highest political miscalculation of his life these few weeks back.

omamokta:

That serves OUK right, but PDP should be careful. They might cos of personal interests destroy the fortune of the party in general. I forsee APGA benefiting from all the crises coming up. OUK made the highest political miscalculation of his life these few weeks back.

I can't agree any less. From being a godfather, he is now fatherless and sonless. He produced two governors in 2007, and has lost both of them to other parties now. He is also leaving the party he nurtured, PPA, to PDP, and PDP are also not accepting him. PPA is on the throes of death. What a miscalculation!

gogo123:

imagine ojo maduekwe rejecting kalu return to pdp, who the hell is ojo maduekwe?does he think we are truly idiots as he labeled us years back, all the above that signed the resolution are very unpopular people who depend on non igbos like obj to sustain them. they don't speak for the good of Abia ppl

Nice One, I mean we are talking still of losers in this state who are looking for attention and relevance. They all have failed Abia State and Africans at large.

I agree in full,orji uzo kalu has the freedom to join any association so far its registered and protected by law,ojo maduekwe, ogbolafo and others are simply afraid of the man cos he will steal the show from them,its either they stay or they quit,no one will quit for them,they are all obj boys