Orji Uzor Kalu, the former governor of Abia State, claims he spent his money while in charge of the Southeastern state rather than profit.  ,
Kalu, the senator for Abia North, added that, like when he was governor, he is using his personal funds to run for office.  ,
Kalu claimed that politics has been “dangerous” to him because many of his businesses were sealed by the Federal Government while he was governor, in a statement released on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
“I spent my own money as a governor, just like I did today as a senator.” Kalu, who served as Abia governor from 1999 to 2007, claimed on the program that he once used to finance the state.
“Being governor, I never gained anything; rather, I lost a lot of money.” Many of my businesses were taken by the Federal Government. Therefore, politics have been very dangerous for me.
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I invested a lot of money, I said.
The former Abia governor claimed to be the primary financier of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its formation and that he had already made millions of dollars when he was 24. He also asserted that in 1998, he donated more than $1 million to Obasanjo’s campaign.  ,
Ask any PDP member, because I contributed the majority of the funds used in 1998 and 1999. I strategically placed my money. Dollar was then a significant sum. According to Kalu, I gave President Obasanjo more than $1 million to his campaign and over $500,000 to the party.
Kalu denied having any disagreements with the former president when asked if he still harbors grievances with Obasanjo, who allegedly racked up some of his businesses even after receiving funding for his election as president.  ,
He is the family’s best friend, and I don’t have any disagreements with him (Obasanjo). Both my late father and my mother have high regard for him. He continued, “I don’t argue with anyone, so he is still a family.”
Kalu praised President Bola Tinubu’s reform initiatives, but noted that the majority of Nigerians were yet to experience the effects.
Source: Channels TV
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