It Will Be Madness For Me To Oppose Tinubu, Orji Kalu Says As He Dismisses Peter Obi’s Bid

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has said that it would be madness for him not to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election as he Tuesday dismissed the aspiration of fellow Igbo, Peter Obi as a pipe dream.

Speaking to Senate correspondents in Abuja as the Senate resumed from holiday, Orji Kalu said that no Igbo can be president without a joint national consensus on it.

He said that it was for that reason that he dropped from the race saying that he was the best Igbo man for the job.

The former Abia State governor who only months ago was one of the main driving forces behind the presidential aspiration of Senator Ahmad Lawan said that it would be madness for him to be against the aspiration of Tinubu.

He spoke about a day after Tinubu visited him and his mother in his Abuja residence.

Kalu said, “Presidency is not a regional issue. I asked the political parties to zone the presidency to the South East. When they didn’t do that, and since presidency is not a regional issue, I had to withdraw.

“I have no problem with Igbo man being president. But we have to do it with other Nigerians. If we don’t do it with other Nigerians, it is not going to work, no matter how popular you are. It’s president of Nigeria, not president of Igboland.

“I’m an Igbo man to the core. I’m also a Nigerian to the core. If anyone from the Southeast would have been nominated for presidency, I would have been the one. So, it’s a party business. I have no grudges against anybody who is running.

Noting that it would be madness for him to turn against Tinubu, Orji Kalu said:

“So, it is not personal. It is political and party. This thing is about party winning elections. I have chosen to be in APC. Why will I vote against Tinubu? It’s madness, and I’m not going to do it. Elections go along party line, not along tribal line.

“For me, we will wait for another time and see how all Nigerians will agree to zone the presidency to the Igboland. But for now, our presidential candidate is Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu is a strategic leader, he will make his presidency beneficial to the Igbo. The Igbo will be the biggest beneficiaries of Tinubu’s presidency.”

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