I bought arms to nations, anybody keen to pay – Orji Kalu opens up

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By Linda Ikeji
10 November 2026, 7:52 am

Former Abia State Governor and Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that he beforehand bought weapons to people and nations keen to pay for them.

He disclosed this throughout an interview on Arise News, the place he mentioned his enterprise dealings and relationships with a number of African leaders.

When requested whether or not he was an arms seller, Kalu responded, “Yes”.

He stated he stopped after his mother and father persuaded him to desert the enterprise.

“My mother and my father came and said I must stop, and I stopped,” he stated.

Kalu stated he was not involved about how the weapons could be used, insisting that his main curiosity on the time was creating wealth.

“I was selling guns to make money. Whether they blow [up] people was not my business,” he said. 

Asked whether or not he provided weapons to the African National Congress, ANC, in the course of the battle towards apartheid in South Africa, Kalu denied that the organisation was his particular buyer.

“No, I was selling to anybody who wants to buy,” he stated. 

He additional disclosed that his arms enterprise operated throughout totally different nations so long as that they had the monetary capability to purchase.

When requested whether or not he had bought arms to former Libyan chief Muammar Gaddafi, Kalu stated that his enterprise was open to any purchaser.

“To anybody that has money to buy, when I was selling,” he stated, whereas describing Gaddafi as “a good man” and including, “May he rest in peace.”

The interviewer additionally questioned Kalu in regards to the sources of the weapons and the identities of his suppliers.

However, the previous governor declined to reveal the place he obtained the weapons, describing the data as his non-public enterprise.