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Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by onyfrank: 6:56pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
.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 |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by megaik: 7:09pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
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... |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by asha80(m): 7:20pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
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 |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by dunkem21(m): 7:46pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Bros, If you check that receipt well, you will see a bold inscription "No refund of money after payment" 3 Likes |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by okiezman(m): 8:05pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Aw take orji uzor kalu to t.a orji everyday....the plight aba makes one shade tears |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by focus7: 8:05pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
megaik: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". |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by Nobody: 9:06pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
ORJI Uzor Kalu is a cl0wn and TA Orji is a clowness 1 Like |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by donmalcolm21(m): 9:14pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
The two of them are the problem of abia state |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by gunuvi(m): 9:15pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
himkers:my brother did you also schooled in Zurich |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by Nobody: 9:21pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
gunuvi: No, but I schooled in Berne |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by Nobody: 9:23pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
It's a PDP Affair... |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by fitzmayowa: 9:34pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
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"... 1 Like |
Re: Pdp: Orji Kalu Demands Refund Of N5.5m Senate Form Fee by teemanbastos(m): 11:19pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
money wey dun enta voicemail, is e a learner? 1 Like |
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