I will rather quit politics than to return to PDP - Orji Kalu declares

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- Ex-governor of Abia state, Orji Kalu, says he can never go back to the Peoples Democratic Party

- He says there are no plans to defect from the ruling party to the opposition party

- Kalu says APC remains the only political party to salvage Nigeria from the atrocities of the previous administrations

Former governor of Abia state, Orji Kalu, has said there are no plans to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC ) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

NAN reports that Kalu in a statement issued on Tuesday, July 31, by Kunle Oyewumi, his special adviser, and made available to the newsmen, refuted rumours that he was set to dump the APC for the PDP.

NAIJ.com gathers that Kalu described the reports in some online platforms about planned defection as mischievous, falsehood and the handiwork of political jobbers and speculators.

Kalu said that the APC of which he is not only a member, but a strong activist, “remains the only political party to salvage Nigeria from the atrocities of the previous administrations.’’

The former Abia governor, while emphasising that he can never rejoin the PDP, called on those spreading fake news to look for other means of survival as against cheap political blackmail and character assassination.

Kalu maintained that in view of the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the APC is waxing stronger in the southeast and other parts of the country.

The former governor said he remains not only a prominent member of the APC, but a committed supporter of President Buhari, with no apologies to anyone.

He said: “My attention has been drawn to a news report in some online media that I am set to dump the APC for the PDP. The malicious report is not only laughable but mischievous. This is another attempt by enemies of progress to cause disaffection and confusion in the APC. I remain a solid and committed member of the APC.

“Those behind the falsehood should seek attention from legitimate pursuits. I am not bothered and will not lose sleep over the activities of political jobbers. It is no longer news that I will be vying for a seat in the Senate (Abia North) under the APC in 2019.‎

“I will rather quit politics than to return to the PDP because the APC is the only political party that will take Nigeria to enviable heights."

Kalu commended members of the APC in Abia for their unalloyed support for President Buhari, adding that the party will wrest power from the PDP-led state government in 2019.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Abia state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, said that the leadership of the party was engaging in discussions to bring back the new APC splinter group.

Kalu said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on the sideline of a farewell party held in honour of the Czech ambassador to Nigeria, Pavel Mikes.

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