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A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed regret over the role he played in the emergence of his former chief of staff, Theodore Orji, as his successor

During an interview with Channels Television, Kalu, said he fell out with Orji, who is the current governor of Abia, because he cautioned him (Orji) privately about excesses of his government barely 18 months into his first term.

Kalu said infrastructural developments in the state were grounded in spite of the fact the governor was running the state with multiple loans from banks.

He said, “The time I made that decision (to make Orji governor) it was a right decision. Eighteen months after he became governor, I called him privately and told him ‘look, you can no longer do this job.’ If the governor is an honest, man he will tell you this is true.

“The problem started when they (Abia government) were quarrelling with Oyema Ugochukwu (former Niger Delta Development Commission boss) and co. They brought a paper to me that he borrowed over N11bn. I called his commissioner for finance and he confirmed to me that they borrowed from multiple banks.

“I asked him what they were doing with the money but he didn’t give me any explanation. I reminded him that as commissioner for finance he worked with me for eight years and the only money I borrowed was N2bn and I paid back before I left. I didn’t borrow money to run Abia; the $680m that our state owed during the old regime; joint regime of Imo and Abia, was deducted by President Olusegun Obasanjo.”

The former governor denied attempting to play ‘godfather’ to the incumbent governor saying his only grouse was that Orji was not doing enough for the people.

On the controversy over his membership of the PDP, Kalu insisted he was a member of the party, noting that nobody had the right to bar him from leaving or joining the party.

He said his return to the PDP had nothing to do with contesting for elective position and expressed his support for a second term for President Goodluck Jonathan.

Kalu said, “I am back in my party, must I run for any position? My mission is to be in the party and I’m in the party. I believe in rotational presidency. The Igbo cannot be seeking the presidency now that President Goodluck Jonathan is running. It is not our turn. Jonathan is the President, every President has gone for eight years. It would have been our turn if he didn’t run.

Read more @ http://newsnownigeria.com.ng/i-regret-helping-t-a-orji-become-governor-of-abia-state-orji-kalu/

Okay, pass the mic.

It's too late for regrets now; the deed has been done! Abia state now has to live with the consequences of his mistake!

I don't know how any reasonable person can look at the thousands of capable hands and technocrats of Abian origin (both at home and abroad) and then zero in on Theodore Ahamefule Orji!

He must have been your , "Yes member". So you chose him.

Yes members are clueless sycophants and mediocre who act good followers but definitely become bad bosses..

Surprised you had to learn this as governor..

He has fixed the things you left over undone from 1999-2007

OUK talking trash,he is the failure Abia had..but now there is a true course for transforming Abia state.

Hahaha he will regret more nd more. God bless ochendo for liberating us. ochendo is working. Abia is beautiful

he is such a disapointment and failure to the people of this state imaging he did not lay a single foundtation that the coming adminisration could lay hand upon so he is just criticizing the man that did more than expected of him so he should sit down and stop making noice in the state. imagin his administration no single development. he has failed and no one will fail like him >>>>>>>19>>>>>>>

Ochendo was made the governor through the people's votes and he is working tirelessly to made Abia great.

ochendo is realy working. imagine what he has don for abians but ouk couldnt do anything for us.ochendo may God continue to bless you and your family.

OUK keep making noise every now and then that he made Chief T.A Orji Governor but he had also failed to tell the world that it was Chief T.A Orji,the then INEC commissioner in Abia state in 1999 ,that single handedly made him Governor when it was obvious he did not win the election.This is the hidden truth he had never told the public and T.A Orji had never boasted of that action.So,why is OUK naking all thses noise of making T.A Orji Governor? Nonsense!

OUK is just making noise.rubbish

Kalu Uzo should as a mater of fact take the blame for handing over Abia state to a criminal, Theodore Orji who has impoverished Abia state.

The same Orji u Kalu that suggested the federal government should beg and plead with BH to stop bombing.

Why regreting mr. Ouk, infact you were not the actual person that put our able Governor (CHIEF SIR T.A ORJI) there; Oluwa used you as a working tool then in order to liberate God's own state from your incompetence and drastics works. We Abians will always be grateful to Almighty for providing OCHENDO for us. Dede nma nma kwa for your worthy works......................no18

Mugu ouk is crying o! Hahahaha. OCHENDO carry go, nothing do you SIR................no18

iyke18: Why regreting mr. Ouk, infact you were not the actual person that put our able Governor (CHIEF SIR T.A ORJI) there; Oluwa used you as a working tool then in order to liberate God's own state from your incompetence and drastics works. We Abians will always be grateful to Almighty for providing OCHENDO for us. Dede nma nma kwa for your worthy works......................no18

you are simply right, he was Just a channel

True

okwumvicgmail: Ochendo was made the governor through the people's votes and he is working tirelessly to made Abia great.

For Blind Individuals like Uzor Kalu who do not believe in Pictures, let me help you by naming some of T.A orji's Legacy Projects, they include building of new High Court complex, building of Workers Secretariat, the Ultra Modern E-Library,or is it the new Government House, Constituency offices in the Abia House of Assembly, let's even talk of Human Empowerment, T.A Orji's Administration has Empowered Over “2000” Abians with a free of charge Vehicles, the diagnostic centers both in Aba and Umuahia, Abia state Specialist Hospitals both in Aba and Umuahia, just to mention a few, going by the above, it is Obvious that Ochendo has done more than We expected.... By Ihueze

Rather than talking Bad of Ochendo, let's support and encourge him, he will do more for the state.... By Ihueze

Uzor Kalu your Comment is just the Opposite, this is because it is Abians that are Regreting having you as Governor, giving the fact that your Administration was a failure, and manipulated by evil.... By Ihueze

the truth is that we are not truthful to ourselves. If every individual that have a comment on this is sincere and can stand infrony of God and repeat what they just have commented, then their conscience can stop hiding the truth.
OUK admitted what he did was wrong. that we appreciate.
The people raining abuses on him is what i dont understand.
Abians are to be moving forward and not dwelling on the past.
so far in this administration, truthfully speaking, we must know that the only revenue generating power house/city in Abia State is Aba. And Aba is the filtiest, degenerated part of Abia State.
Truthfully speaking. i dont know why.
All i see in the picture speaks comment are buldings, not infrastructures and nothing else.
How does one justify true Democracy in Abia State, before God and man.