I Can Never Support Obi, Asking Me To Is Idiotic – Kalu

Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has dismissed requires him to help Peter Obi’s presidential ambition within the 2027 common election, describing such expectations as idiotic.

Kalu, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated he wouldn’t help Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), or some other Igbo politician contesting the election outdoors his celebration.

The senator’s place comes amid requires him to rally behind Obi on the grounds that each politicians are from the South-East, with some Nigerians urging political leaders within the area to help a standard candidate forward of the 2027 presidential election.

However, Kalu maintained that his political loyalty remained with the APC and questioned why he must be anticipated to help candidates contesting below different political platforms.

The former governor said this on Monday whereas responding to questions on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme.

He dismissed options that he ought to help Obi or different candidates outdoors the APC, insisting that such calls for had been unreasonable as a result of he was not a member of their political events.

“I’m not in the political party where they are contesting. Why should they call my name? I mean, they shouldn’t. Why should they call? No, they are just being idiotic,” Kalu stated.

Explaining his political historical past, the senator stated he had belonged to a few political events, together with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) and the APC, the place he at present belongs.

He argued that his membership of the APC ought to make it clear the place his political allegiance lies, including that anticipating him to help candidates of different events was unrealistic.

“I was in PDP, I was in PPA, and my third political party is APC. So if I’m in this practice and you want me to go and support somebody in APGA, you must be sick in your mind. You must be dreaming,” he stated.

Kalu additionally maintained that the APC remained the suitable platform for pursuing the political pursuits of the South-East, dismissing options that these pursuits might solely be superior by supporting candidates from different events.

The senator stated he had no intention of abandoning his celebration’s platform to help one other politician, no matter their ethnic or regional background.

“I am a member of APC, pure and direct. Yeah, leave me there. I don’t have any interest. If Igbos have interest, [and] they don’t want to pursue [it in] APC; that is their business. There’s no other place the interest will be pursued except where I am,” he added.