‘I funded PDP, Obasanjo after release from prison, but they turned against me, destroyed my business’ – Orji Kalu reveals

Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that he financially supported former President Olusegun Obasanjo after his release from prison.

Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, also disclosed that he provided financial support to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but was later betrayed by the party.

Speaking during an appearance on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Monday night, the senator lamented that his businesses suffered despite the financial support he gave to both Obasanjo and the PDP.

According to Kalu: “I wasn’t the only one with money; to be honest, people like the former vice president Atiku Abubakar had money, Yomi Edun had money, and many other people, and in the end, TY Danjuma brought in a lot of money to the party.

“So I was the one funding the meetings, aircraft, paying honorariums to people, cooking food, and the rest of them. For me, it was a joyful thing to make sure that we had a strong party to drive away the military, and that was the PDP.

“I was very happy, but I became a fool before the PDP because after bringing all the money, they turned against me.

“I could have been a governor whether on their platform or another platform; I gave them lifewire when people had no money, I brought in the money to fund the party. Before big weights like Danjuma started bringing in money to support the party, I started bringing money, started funding like Obasanjo when he came out of prison; he was in my house in Victoria Island, and I funded him, started funding his aircraft, started hiring and bringing my aircraft to take him, so they didn’t do anything for me; what I got in return was the killing of my businesses.”

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