Kalu Promises To Wade Into MASSOB, IPOB’s Problems

Coordinator, Nnaemela Foundation, Enugu, Rev. Sis. Kate Nnamonu (8th right) with officials and inmates of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home for the Elderly, during a donation of food and essential materials to the home in Enugu, yesterday.

Former Governor of Abia
state and Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) candidate for the March 5 Abia North Senatorial District rerun, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has said he would be in a better position to address problems, which gave rise to agitation by pro-Biafra groups such as Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), if elected into the Senate.
Speaking at Igbere, his home town, during the last lap of his campaign tour of Abia North, Kalu said the issue of the pro-Biafra groups was so serious and delicate that it required someone with commanding respect from both divides like him to handle it to the satisfaction of all.
He said agitators must have their sentiments over certain things, which he promised to address to the benefit of all if given the mandate to represent the people.
“Agitators, whether they are in MASSOB, IPOB or any other group, have their sentiments and if I get to the Senate, I will establish a proper dialogue between them and the Federal Government so that the problem will be settled amicably.
“With President Muhammadu Buhari, I know, we are going to find a common ground so that justice can be done where there is injustice and the people will be happy,” he said
Kalu, who said he started championing Igbo cause when he was not yet into politics, stressed that although he would be going to the Senate to represent Abia North, he would look beyond that to continue to forge the cause of Ndigbo.
The business mogul said he could not thank the people enough for their love and belief in his person, stating that he had so many things to offer to the people of Abia North in particular and the country in general if he was elected senator, as according to him, what he did when he was governor was just a tip of the iceberg.
Also speaking before the cheering and dancing crowd, leaders like Chiefs Agu Uko Ukaogu; Joesco Joe (youth leader);Agu Ojukwu; Madukwe Ukaegbu (former deputy chief of staff to Abia deputy governor) and Mascot Uzor Kalu (former chief of staff to Abia governor) and Kalu’s younger brother, described Kalu as not only a true son of Abia North but that of Nigeria, who Ndigbo needed most at the Senate.
They said Kalu did much for the development of the area when he was governor  stressing that this is the time for them to pay him back in good measure.
Earlier, the campaign train was in Umuhu Ezechi, where the rally was turned into a carnival as the people danced and hugged the former governor, who they described as their true son.
At Umuhu Ezechi, leaders of the people including Onwukwe Uwakwe, Peter Onyike, Innocent Ogo and Charles Igbe, all attested to the landmark projects Kalu executed in the community when he was governor of the state.
“We are not talking about projects his successors built only on TV, Radio and Newspapers but were not seen with the naked eyes; we are talking about projects that are there for all to see nine years after he left office,” they said.