.Kalu demands
refund of N5.5m
senate form fee NOVEMBER 24, 2014 BY
OLUSOLA FABIYI, ABUJA 13 Comments Former Governor of
Abia state, Chief Orji
Kalu, has said he is no
longer running for
senate on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party. The former governor
has therefore asked
the party to refund
the N5.5m he paid for
the nomination and
expression of interest forms which he paid
thinking that he would
contest for the
party’s ticket for
Abia North Senatorial
district. Kalu, in a letter to
the PDP National
Chairman, Alhaji Adamu
Muazu, dated
November 24, said he
was withdrawing from the race because the
Abia State Governor,
Chief Theodore Orji,
has allegedly
concluded plans to
handpick PDP aspirants in the state. “Since I was not
screened, and neither
did I go through any
of the stipulated
processes that lead to
the emergence of candidates, I hereby
also ask the party, as
a measure of honour
and good faith, to
refund the nomination
fees I paid. I will use the money to further
empower my
constituents in many
other ways,” he said
in the letter. He lamented that the
governor allowed some
high profile members
of the party to resign
from plum positions to
contest for the PDP ticket when he should
have advised them to
keep their positions
since he already had
aspirants he has
handpicked to fly the PDP ticket. According to him,
“Along the line,
however, it became
apparent that the
Abia State Governor,
Chief T.A Orji wants to handpick all
candidates, both into
executive and
legislative positions.
He wants to choose
his own successor, fill the 24 House of
Assembly seats, the
eight federal
constituencies and the
three senatorial seats. “Governor Orji knew
ahead of time that he
had a candidate in
mind but deliberately
allowed eminent Abia
citizens like Dr. Alex Otti, GMD of Diamons
bank to resign from
his lofty position when
he should have
advised him to remain
there. “He also allowed Chief
Emeka Wogu, minister
of labour to resign
and lose Abia slot in
the Federal Executive
Council and other ministerial committees;
he equally allowed two
ranking members of
the Senate in the
person of Senator
Nkechi Nwogu, chairman Senate
committee on oil and
gas and Senator
Enyinnaya Abaribe,
chairman Senate
committee on Media and Information to
pick gubernatorial
forms when he should
have advised them to
go for re-election in
the senate. “I find all these very
disturbing. When
Governor Orji was to
be elected the first
time in 2007,
everyone knew where I stood three years
before then that he
was my anointed
candidate. There was
absolutely no
ambiguity unlike now that he has allowed
these people to lose
their positions and
resources chasing
shadows. It is quite
obvious that Governor Orji’s plan is to bring
everybody down.” While maintain that
there was no Ward
congress in Abia state,
he said the Governor
and his
“collaborators” just compiled the list of
delegates and this has
forced some members
of PDP to defect to
other parties. He
warned that it is dangerous for PDP to
hang all its hope on
one man as elections
are won by collective
efforts and not as
solo run. Kalu also declared
that an alleged earlier
arrangements he
claimed he had with
the national leadership
of the party that would enable him to
be screened in Abuja
was not adhered to. He said, “I know that
members of the
National Working
Committee have
intervened severally
and assured me that i would be screened
between Thursday and
Friday last week for
the senatorial race. “However, it did not
happen, causing me to
conclude that the
party has perhaps
acquiesced to the
desire of Governor Orji to handpick all the
candidates. “If this is the true
picture of things, I
wish to defer on the
judgement and
decision of the party.
Rather than be an intractable issue in
the Abia chapter of
our great party, I
would rather
subordinate personal
ambition for party cohesion, and quit the
forthcoming electoral
race. I hereby formally
withdraw from the bid
to represent the good
people of Abia North in the senate next
year.” He, however, assured
PDP leaders that he
will remain a loyal
member of the party
and work for the
success of all candidates of the
party in the 2015
polls, including
President Goodluck
Jonathan. Source punch

Orji Uzor kalu is the source of abia state's predicaments... he should go and sit down joor...
He was ranting exactly same way amaechi is acting now...

You cant possibly eat your cake n still have them...

hehe ta orji the don....i just pity this state if ta orji's stooges get elected in offices...funny how t a orji seems controlling everybody like robot

Bros, If you check that receipt well, you will see a bold inscription "No refund of money after payment"

Aw take orji uzor kalu to t.a orji everyday....the plight aba makes one shade tears

megaik:
Orji Uzor kalu is the source of abia state's predicaments... he should go and sit down joor...
He was ranting exactly same way amaechi is acting now...

You cant possibly eat your cake n still have them...

and T A Orji is the pillar of reformation in Abia state? One of the reason the south east is political backward is inability to walk away from the past and see to the future while exploring the beauty of today. Look at it one man because of his selfishness and attempt to keep every other person under his control holding everyone to ransom. And majority of them because of the politics of animosity, unnecessary sentiment has held themselves bound, they can't cross over to other party to realised their ambition. The south east don't understand the golden rule in politics, "no permanent friend, no permanent enemy".

ORJI Uzor Kalu is a cl0wn and TA Orji is a clowness

The two of them are the problem of abia state

himkers:
ORJI Uzor Kalu is a cl0wn and TA Orji is a clowness

my brother did you also schooled in Zurich

gunuvi:

my brother did you also schooled in Zurich

No, but I schooled in Berne

It's a PDP Affair...

Maybe he forgot to read the small portion of the form, where it is written "Money used in purchasing a nomination form is non refundable"...

money wey dun enta voicemail, is e a learner?