Ahead of the March 27 by-election into the Aba North/South federal constituency seat, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Prince Paul Ikonne, has accused the Chief of the Senator of greed for allegedly imposing his younger brother, Mascot Uzor Kalu, as candidate of the party in the election.
In a radio programme monitored in Aba, Ikonne, who is the Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, noted that Kalu’s immediate younger brother, Nnanna Uzor Kalu, had represented the constituency from 2003 to 2011, wondering why the
former governor could not support another member of the party.
The NALDA boss further stated that APC has no candidate in the election, stressing that there was no primary election to elect a candidate to represent the party in the poll.
He alleged that other aspirants were not allowed to purchase nomination forms for the primaries.
Ikonne said; “Orji Kalu, former governor of the Abia State is taking the people of Aba for a ride, adding “our mumu done do. The person parading himself as APC candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu, is Orji Kalu’s younger brother. Why will another Kalu represent Aba North/Aba South people when
Nnanna Uzor Kalu, the immediate younger brother of Orji, represented the federal constituency from 2003 to 2011 without anything to show for it?
“Aba belongs to all: it’s a municipal home for all; we have people from Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Benue, core North, South West, South South etc, why must it be Orji Kalu’s younger brothers all the time that would represent us again?
“We don’t want to have another Mamacracy or brothercracy but Abacracy, after eight solid years as governor; Orji Kalu cannot point at any legacy in Aba standing.
“Orji Kalu joined us in APC when his party, the Progressives Peoples Alliance (PPA) crumbled, and he wants to also kill APC like he did to PPA. He’s trying to bring the spirit of PPA to APC which we’re going to resist.
“There was no primary election; people were stopped from buying forms for the primary election. The matter is in court. Orji Uzor Kalu imposed his younger brother on the party.”
Ikonne urged the electorate to vote for a credible candidate in the election, irrespective of the party he belongs.
“I want to say it clearly that my party, the APC has no candidate in the bye-election. Yes, I’m of APC, but we can’t shy away from defending where we belong. We belong to Ward, Local Government Area and Constituency and in this instance; I belong to Aba Federal Constituency.
“Let’s be realistic, who is the candidate of our party in Aba North/Aba South federal constituency? Does the party belong to an individual? The person parading himself as the candidate of the party, Mascot Uzor Kalu, is he not the younger brother of Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia? Does that seat belong to him and members of his family?”
Source: WWW.GHGOSSIP.COM
