The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu representing Abia North less than 24 hours to the National Assembly election due to alleged anti-party activities and other violations.
Senator Kalu and the APC leaders in Abia alongside party members had been at odds over claims that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu had been undermining and sabotaging the party in the state by supporting another party in the Governorship race.
His suspension was based on “acts of gross anti-party activities and disobedience,” according to the letter dated February 21.
The letter was signed by the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Paul Nwabuisi; the State Secretary, Chief Chidi Avajah; and the State Chairman, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu.
It said that Kalu, who had been at odds with many APC leaders in Abia, “has remained unrepentant and without remorse despite several warnings.”
Kalu was suspended following “thorough investigations and recommendations of the Disciplinary Committee established by the Igbere Ward A in Bende Local Government of Abia State.”
The APC leaders in the state also said that Kalu was suspended because he broke Article 21B(i-v) of the APC Constitution.
Senator Kalu has been accused of working against the APC governorship candidate, Chief Ikechi Emenike. He was seen promoting the interests of the Action Peoples Party (APP), where his younger brother, Mascot Uzor Kalu, is the governorship candidate.
During an interview with journalists last Tuesday, Kalu publicly admitted and justified supporting and promoting the candidacy of his younger brother, Mascot, saying he is fit to lead the state.
Kalu also claimed that the APC governorship candidate never informed him formally that he was in the governorship race. He also accused Emenike of abusing him and bearing grudges against him for decades, hence his reluctance to work for him.
The State APC leadership described the Senate Chief Whip as a drowning political desperado and accused him of working hard to destroy the party for his selfish interests.
The letter read in part: “You are hereby suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC).”