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former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed regret
over the role he played in the emergence of his former chief of staff,
Theodore Orji, as his successor
During an interview with Channels Television,
Kalu, said he fell out with Orji, who is the current governor of Abia,
because he cautioned him (Orji) privately about excesses of his
government barely 18 months into his first term.
Kalu said infrastructural developments in
the state were grounded in spite of the fact the governor was running
the state with multiple loans from banks.
He said, “The time I made that decision
(to make Orji governor) it was a right decision. Eighteen months after
he became governor, I called him privately and told him ‘look, you can
no longer do this job.’ If the governor is an honest, man he will tell
you this is true.
