2019: Why Orji Kalu can’t secure votes for APC in South East – Kanu’s lawyer, Ejiofor

Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu can’t secure any vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-East.

Ejiofor said this while reacting to a remark credited to Kalu that the IPOB leader was safe in London.

He cautioned the APC against fielding Kalu for any elective position because the former governor had lost political relevance in his region.

In a statement he personally signed, the lawyer also accused the APC chieftain of playing a role in the alleged abduction and disappearance of Kalu.

The statement reads, “The emerging facts have exposed the conspiratorial/ignoble role played by Orji Uzor Kalu in the proven case of state-sponsored terrorism that took place in our client’s home on the 14th day of September 2017.

“The murderous invasion of our client’s home on the 14th day of September 2017, the genocidal massacre of over 50 defenseless/unarmed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra therein; the abduction/kidnapping of our client (Nnamdi Kanu) on this black day.

“The naked truth is that Orji Uzor Kalu has lost all political value and relevance in his region and cannot even win a House of Assembly seat today if presented for an election.

“APC government should take note of this dwindling profile, and of particular interest is the fact that Orji Uzor Kalu is living in his past glory and cannot secure a single vote for them in the South-East states come 2019,” Ejiofor said.

He also commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on its ongoing court case against Kalu.

“EFCC under Magu is strong in their conviction that every penny of Abia State loot still in the private vault of Orji Uzo Kalu must be recovered,” he added.