- Ex-Abia state governor Kalu
says his contributions to the Peoples Democratic Party were so immense
that he practically owned the party
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Billionaire businessman Kalu says he gave PDP its first N500m and also
contributed N100m towards the presidential ambition of ex-Nigerian
leader Olusegun Obasanjo, who was PDP leader from 1999 to 2007.
- Kalu says based on his contributions, if the PDP were a company, he would already own 90 per cent of its shares
Kalu says 90 per cent of the PDP should naturally belong to him
Billionaire
businessman and former governor of Abia state Orji Uzor Kalu has
claimed ownership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Daily
Post reports that Kalu said this on Monday, March 20 in Washington DC,
capital of the United States of America, during a dinner.
He
slammed his former party for treating him poorly despite being one of
the foundation members and noted that his contributions to the party
were so immense he practically owned it.
Kalu
claimed he gave the party its first N500m and also financially
supported the election of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He noted that based on these
contributions, if the PDP were a company, he would already own 90 per
cent of its share and therefore be the legitimate owner.
He said, “All
of you know that if the PDP were a company, I ought to own 90 per cent
of it because in 1998, I gave the party its first N500m.
“By then, I wasn’t in government. I also gave the presidential candidate, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, over N100m in 1998.
“How many Nigerians would have
done that? Yet the same government, the same PDP, took my bank, took my
airline, took my oil licence to put me out of business entirely because
I proposed that I must run for president in 2007; I also opposed the
3rd term, which they are denying today.”
Kalu,
who was the governor of Abia State under the PDP from 1999 to 2007,
joined the ruling All Progressives Congress in November 2016.
