Group Begs Kalu To Resign Senate Seat

A civil society organisation, Save Nigerian Citizens Development and Empowerment Initiatives, has appealed to the jailed Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to humbly resign to enable another constituent fill the position for the good of his constituency.

The group at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday said the absence of the former governor from the Senate had effectively cut off his constituents from representation.

President of the group, Ambassador Chijoke Okoro in the alternative called on the president of the Senate to immediately declare a vacancy in the seat.

“While we concede the fact that convicted former governor has the constitutional right to appeal such judgment, we urge the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan to declare the seat of Abia North in the Senate vacant,”

“The people of Abia North have remained without a voice in the 9th Senate for over ten months now and we believe that this is unfair to our people and the state.”

“We also call on INEC to consider a new date for fresh election for Abia North Senatorial à zone. We need a voice as a people in the Senate,  and we urge Chief Kalu to honourably resign his job to pave way for a rerun.

“Having been convicted by a competent court of jurisdiction, the former governor lacks the moral right to still lay claim to that seat,” he opined.

Kalu was last December sentenced to a 12-year prison term upon his indictment on a N7.65bn corruption charge.

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