The All Progressives Congress (APC), Abia state, has dismissed the report that it had suspended its Abia North Senatorial candidate and chief whip of the Senate, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu.
Denying the report which did not emanate from Blueprint, the party’s spokesperson, Chief Okey Ezeala, described it as the “handiwork of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).”
According to a statement signed by Ezeala, the party distanced itself from the report, stating that there “is no iota of truth in it.”
Ezeala said the “malicious write-up is occasioned by the PDP’s fright to accept tomorrow’s imminent defeat.”
According to the party, “Senator Orji Uzor Kalu remains the candidate of our great party as both the party and his constituents are satisfied with his performance.”
The party stated that at no time did it issue any letter on February 21 “as peddled by the paid reporter neither were the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Paul Nwabuisi; state secretary, Chief Chidi Avajah, and the state chairman, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, privy to such a letter.”
On the allegation of anti-party activities and other offences, the party labelled the accusations as “entirely false,” stressing that “Orji Kalu has always remained a committed member of the party and its progress.”
Ezeala added that “there is no record of Orji Kalu campaigning against any of its candidates nor has the Senate chief whip campaigned for any other political party’s candidate besides those of the APC.”
”The APC states in clear terms that Orji Kalu remains the Senatorial candidate of the party in Abia-north Senatorial District for tomorrow’s (February 25) elections.
“He is not suspended from the party and the party has no contemplation in that regard and there are no issues whatsoever to warrant such,” the statement read in part.