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Oshiomhole vs Oyegun: Orji Kalu advises Buhari on what to do
A former governor
of Abia State, Dr Orji Kalu, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene
in the dispute between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole and his predecessor, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kalu made the plea on Friday while speaking with
newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Ikeja, Lagos State.
He said the
intervention of the president was needed to restore peace to the party
leadership and ensure that APC remains focused on delivering its manifesto to
Nigerians.
Kalu said, “What is
happening between them is the beauty of democracy because we agree to disagree.
“However, we are
calling on Buhari to intervene just like the way he did in the Sen. Danjuma
Goje and Sen. Ahmed Lawan matter which has seen Goje stepping down for Lawan
for the Senate President position.
“Before, the
president will say I don’t want to play politics but he is the chief politician
and he has started changing his mind to intervene in such cases.
“So, I am sure that
we will sort out Oyegun and Oshiomhole’s problems before next week with the
intervention of the president and I am sure he is already working on that.”
He, however, urged
some politicians to desist from using the name of the president to push their
own agenda, stressing that Buhari’s integrity had remained intact despite their
antics.
The Senator-elect
for Abia North on the platform of APC also insisted that he was still in the
race for the position of the Deputy Senate President in the Ninth Senate.
He said, ”I am not
only restating it but I am saying that it is the most godly thing to do because
I am ready to do that job to help the Senate in law making and help the
executive to bring stimulus that would heat the economy.
“I am interested in
the economy heating up because if we get the economy right, the insecurity that
we are facing now will go away.
“Also, we need to
look at candidates that have capacity to do the work and I have that capacity.
“Capacity to help
the president actualise his economic goals because we need to put the Nigerian
economy on track.”
Kalu assured
Nigerians that the Ninth Senate which would be inaugurated on June 11, would
engage in robust lawmaking and would not be a rubber-stamp assembly.
He also expressed
confidence that Lawan would clinch the position of the senate president and
that the lawmakers would work in harmony with the Executive to deliver the
dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
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