By: Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed
Hon. Orji Kalu, the serving Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has divulged that some citizens do name him a money ritualist.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) leader explained the reason in a Facebook post on Saturday where he said that in 1982 when he bought the trending Mercedes car, the then President Shehu Shagari was the only Nigerian using the same.
In his words: “Whenever I drove the car, some would look at it with admiration while a few were spreading rumors that I was into money rituals.
“Unfortunately things haven’t changed much today, people still think that you wake up and make money without working for it,” he wrote.
Kalu called on the people to stop “entertaining the blackmail” that he was in politics for money, claiming that he has lost more of it.
“After I left as governor, I stayed away from politics for 12 years. I returned in 2019 when it was obvious the zone was going into trenches and for the sake of the people.”
Noting that his return has paid off for the Abia North zone “beyond expectations”, Kalu boasted he could resign as a senator because he spends personal money while serving the people.
The politician added that in Nigeria, people who have done no business except holding public office are lauded while those who have worked hard are called names.
“The best you can do is to study people and try to be better than them. For the life we live is not for ourselves alone but for God and to then accommodate other people.”
