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Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has said President Muhammadu Buhari can secure 75 per cent of the votes from the South-east states in 2019 election if he is able to address the infrastructure decay ravaging the zone.

Kalu, who spoke in an interview on Arise News Channel, the broadcast arm of THISDAY Newspapers, yesterday, said if Buhari decides to run for a second term in 2019, he would need to strike a deal with the Igbo on how to fix federal roads and boost electricity supply in the region in order to win their support.

“If the president is going to run again, we will force him to declare our area a special area and we are going to give him 75 per cent of the votes. He will declare and give us an emergency consideration.

“Some places like Aba and Onitsha can provide anything you need and we can manufacture everything there if we can have adequate electricity,” he said.

When asked what can be done to stem the tide of agitations and separatist positions in the South-east such as the one being led by the now proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Kalu said as far he was concerned, the people were only demanding for the right atmosphere that will enable their businesses to thrive.

Kalu said with a good road network and adequate power supply in major cities like Aba and Onitsha, the Igbo have the capacity to achieve the country’s target in industrialisation.

“Give us good light in Aba, give us good roads in Aba, give us good roadside light in Onitsha. We are not asking for you to do any other thing, we are capable of manufacturing things. Everything done in China can be manufactured in Aba and Onitsha.

“We are capable, Nnewi is already doing it and they will go hi-tech with technology if given the necessary encouragement. We have the people but we don’t have the management. We don’t have the asset.

“The people that did the privatisation of the electricity sector, did it wrongly. The electricity companies were handed over to friends and that was not the right thing to do,” he said.

The outspoken businessman cum politician also delved into the alleged plot for a third term by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing it as real.

Kalu said contrary to denials by some of the governors during the period, all of them were actually approached to give their support for an extension of the tenure of the former president beyond the limit provided for in the constitution.

He, however, said while most of these governors succumbed to pressures, he refused to be bought over.

According to Kalu, part of the reasons for his being dragged before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was his objection to the third term agenda.
Kalu also bemoaned Obasanjo’s attitude to criticism and opposition, describing him as just too petty.

“If he can just stop being a little bit petty, he is a man that is very petty and I don’t have any regret in saying so. You see, if younger people did something to you, you should be able to forgive them because life is very long.

“If younger people have said something against you, you should be able to also forgive them because that is the right thing to do. If Obasanjo had imbibed this kind of virtue, we would have gone far with our democratic process but he left serious things and started chasing shadows.

“Instead of calling for unity, he put a lot of division because he wanted a third term. In looking for third term, he was able to divide the governors, although most of them are not speaking the truth today.”

Source:http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/11/03/orji-kalu-president-can-win-75-of-igbo-vote-in-2019/

He can but he will not.

na 750 percent.

Just 5% is enough, they can give the 70% balance to Atiku Because, the way I dey see am now, e be like Atiku, a northern almajiri don overthrow cownu, the coward. Hero dat cannot witness a python dance, dat one na hero?

That's very True

Not feasible. I doubt the East will endorse his candidature

From 5% to 75%.
That will be a nice movie title.

2019 presidential election result for APC
Kano=2.5million votes
Abia=350,000
Anambra=400,000
Enugu=450,000
Ebonyi=200,000
Imo=300,000

So make una chill, buhari had won already

thank God my father is not a politician. I really wonder how all these lies makes their families feel. reducing yourself to almost nothing, Just for politics. come drag my hand go vote for buhari

Whenever we refused to learn from history we're bound to repeat them. Orji Kalu is known for ass licking and sycophantic just as Buhari is synonymous to hardship.

greatCharley:
thank God my father is not a politician. I really wonder how all these lies
makes their families feel. reducing yourself to almost nothing, Just for politics. come drag my hand go vote for buhari

Your vote is only one not two.Edo and ondo state surprised you guys.Anambra and ekiti loading.........

kcmichael:
Your vote is only one not two.Edo and ondo state surprised you guys.Anambra and ekiti loading.........

It is too early to get high. It's just 07 : 02 AM

When the weather becomes hot in the noon, I hope your neighbors will have enough Chains.

Someone is looking for a job

Dreamer!!! keep dreaming jor.

kcmichael:
Your vote is only one not two.Edo and ondo state surprised you guys.Anambra and ekiti loading.........

Edo and ondo are not south eastern states. for the records, I voted for buhari, but he has failed. I wonder the kind of progress you are genuinely seeing in this administration, that you are wishing all the Nigerian states APC. #useyourheadnotyouranus

Kano,kastina and bornu state will clear SS and SE,so make una chill Buharii till 2023

greatCharley:
Edo and ondo are not south eastern states. for the records, I voted for buhari, but he has failed. I wonder the kind of progress you are genuinely seeing in this administration, that you are wishing all the Nigerian states APC. #useyourheadnotyouranus

This guy with fat dick,

What is Kalu's political ideology? Or he just flows with every vermin.

2019 presidential election result for APC
Kano=2.5million votes
Abia=350,000
Anambra=400,000
Enugu=450,000
Ebonyi=200,000
Imo=300,000

So make una chill, buhari had won already

Kali should keep dreaming

kcmichael:
2019 presidential election result for APC
Kano=2.5million votes
Abia=350,000
Anambra=400,000
Enugu=450,000
Ebonyi=200,000
Imo=300,000

So make una chill, buhari had won already

forget that media progranda, the result that will come out from south east 2019 will shock you, anambara alone will come with 1.2M, let me tell you, south east don,t vote because they don't believe in Nigeria system of democracy, a lot of awareness has be on in the zone to educate people to vote. South west that also claims they have large votes, please go back to 6 state in the south west,and calculate the total number of votes in 2015 presidential election both in APC where they 6 state won,and too in PDP will they lost in all the 6 state ,and you will see it not up to 2.4M vote in each party ,and both,and go back to south east who don't believe in voting in Nigeria ,and tell the truth,only south south will bring almost 6M votes, and south east and south south go together, those who stays in Lagos is igbo doing business ..those Yoruba mainly in Lagos come to work from neighbouring state.. let me honest with you ,come 2019 south east and south south alone will bring close to 11M votes.just watch and see it , if south east,south south,and south west support you. with a share small vote from North, you have won..and you know other northerners will battle it with buhari

StateNews:
forget that media progranda, the result that will come out from south east 2019 will shock you, anambara alone will come with 1.2M, let me tell you, south east don,t vote because they don't believe in Nigeria system of democracy, a lot of awareness has be on in the zone to educate people to vote. South west that also claims they have large votes, please go back to 6 state in the south west,and calculate the total number of votes in 2015 presidential election both in APC where they 6 state won,and too in PDP will they lost in all the 6 state ,and you will see it not up to 2.4M vote in each party ,and both,and go back to south east who don't believe in voting in Nigeria ,and tell the truth,only south south will bring almost 6M votes, and south east and south south go together, those who stays in Lagos is igbo doing business ..those Yoruba mainly in Lagos come to work from neighbouring state.. let me honest with you ,come 2019 south east and south south alone will bring close to 11M votes.just watch and see it , if south east,south south,and south west support you. with a share small vote from North, you have won..and you know other northerners will battle it with buhari

I pity you.you talk as if you are not in this country.2019 election will be a shocker

kcmichael:
I pity you.you talk as if you are not in this country.2019 election will be a shocker

Don't forget he won just with just 2.m votes despite the millions he had in the North.

Buhari cannot get more than 60% votes from the North again. The election is between two Northerners and not against an Ijaw man.

This was the way Jonathanians deceived him in 2015. Buhari can't get 55% votes from the West again. The West vote in a miraculous way, they have never voted for a party in two consecutive elections as per National elections

Obviously this man's brain is filled with Kunu. He should keep deceiving himself.