In an apparently bi-partisan push, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu (representing Abia North in the Senate), who is being positioned for the 2023 presidency, on Thursday afternoon received some newly elected officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by the National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu.
Anyanwu alongside other newly elected officials of the party had visited Kalu at his Aso Villa Abuja home.
Anyanwu, a former Senator and other newly elected officials of the PDP stormed Kalu’s Abuja home about 12:28pm.
Disembarking from his vehicle, and clad in navy blue native attire, the visibly delighted National Secretary was welcomed by Kalu’s associates and then led straight with his executives to meet Orji Kalu.
On sighting each other, both men engaged in pleasantries and embraced.
They then proceeded for an indoor meeting. As the meeting progressed other executives of the party arrived in turns to Kalu’s residence to join the meeting.
The visit comes amid strong talks that the former Abia Governor is being positioned for the 2023 presidency to succeed the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.
Recall that on October 30, 2021, the PDP elected its new set of members from various parts of the country into its National Working Committee (NWC).
In 2016 Senator Kalu formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). He had contested and won the 2019 Senatorial election and led the APC to landslide victory in the other legislative positions in Abia North.
The former Governor also led a strong campaign in his Abia North to become the only zone in the South East to have given Buhari 68% votes during the 2019 general elections.
Also recall that in 1998, Kalu alongside a few others founded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Kalu solely made an initial donation of N100 million aside a loan of N500 million to the party at the formative stage.
He won the governorship contest in Abia State in 1999 on the platform of the PDP.
Kalu steered the affairs of the state from 1999 to 2007.
The opposition party (PDP) lost the presidential seat to the All Progressives Congress (APC) both in 2015 and 2019.
In the Southeast, the PDP lost grip of a major stronghold, Ebonyi State, to the ruling APC due to the defection of Governor Dave Umahi.
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