Kalu Reveals He Funded Obasanjo and PDP, But Party Turned Against Him

Former governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu told Arise Television's Prime Time programme on Monday night that he personally funded former President Olusegun Obasanjo when the latter came out of prison. Kalu also said he funded the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but the party turned against him. According to Kalu, he was among several people who contributed money to the party, alongside figures like former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Yomi Edun. He explained that he funded meetings, aircraft, honorariums, and food for party members. 'I wasn't the only one with money; to be honest, people like the former vice president Atiku Abubakar had money, Yomi Edun had money, and many other people, and in the end, TY Danjuma brought in a lot of money to the party,' Kalu said. 'So I was the one funding the meetings, aircraft, paying honorariums to people, cooking food, and the rest of them. For me, it was a joyful thing to make sure that we had a strong party to drive away the military, and that was the PDP.' Kalu added that he was happy to support the party but became a fool because after bringing all the money, the party turned against him. 'I could have been a governor whether on their platform or another platform; I gave them lifewire when people had no money, I brought in the money to fund the party. Before big weights like Danjuma started bringing in money to support the party, I started bringing money, started funding like Obasanjo when he came out of prison; he was in my house in Victoria Island, and I funded him, started funding his aircraft, started hiring and bringing my aircraft to take him, so they didn't do anything for me; what I got in return was the killing of my businesses.'