2015: Kalu disowns presidential posters

Former governor of Abia State and founding member of the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP), Dr. Orji Kalu, has dissociated him­self from potential posters linking him to presidential candidacy in the 2015 elec­tions.The ludicrous and repre­hensible campaign instru­ments purporting Kalu’s can­didature for the plum position are almost ready for circula­tion nationwide, according to the grapevine.In a statement issued by his media advisor, Mr. Ebere Wabara, Kalu debunked and dismissed such brainwave electioneering materials as the handiwork of mischief makers, who are committed to causing disaffection be­tween President Goodluck Jonathan and his good self, pointing out that this would not be the first time such seeds of discord would be sown by his vanishing clan of detractors.
The statement read in part: “The posters depict him sev­erally in continental and the three major different ethnic attires with a catchphrase that reads ‘Orji Kalu for President’ and declares that ‘it is the turn of Igbo to rule this country.’ Kalu had at no time indicated interest in the 2015 presiden­tial election. His manifest and massive support for President Jonathan is unequivocal and unalloyed. The president and other well-meaning Nigerians know this.“President Jonathan has performed creditably and consequently, earned his party’s exclusive nomination to contest the forthcoming presidential poll. So, for any jester to wake up at this stage and insinuate interest by an incontrovertible party loyalist like Kalu, is sheer dementia.“It is clear to most PDP members and a majority of Nigerians that President Jonathan has carried on ex­cellently with the revolution­ary transformation of this country and deserves to be our party’s standard bearer. In any case, Kalu’s robust sup­port for President Jonathan’s re-election has been unflinch­ing and unreserved. “Almost on a daily basis in local and international arenas, Kalu roots for another chance for President Jonathan to consoli­date his re-engineering of the country. Therefore, how can he now in the same breath, be printing unrealistic and illogi­cal posters?”Wabara pointed out that not long ago, this same band of anarchists flooded Abia State with multifarious post­ers and handbills announcing Kalu’s senatorial candidacy on the platform of the Pro­gressive Peoples Alliance (PPA). “When this childish ploy failed, they resorted to the current printing of un­cultured posters which claim Kalu’s rabid insistence on Igbo presidency and his pas­sion for it.“We know the circus ac­tors behind these malicious, wicked and irresponsible acts. They have reached their wits’ end. Having exhausted their bags of tricks, deceits and propaganda, the last op­tion now is to futilely pit Kalu against President Jonathan in the ultimate fiasco. Nige­rians should disregard such boyish idiocies, clownish stupidities and kindergarten brazenness by imbecilic ele­ments, who thrive in cheap blackmail, mud-slinging and character assassination.“Let it be clear to every­one, especially the tribe of political spoilers, that Kalu is an ardent and unstoppable backer of President Jonathan in all ramifications. Opposi­tional deviancy cannot vitiate their mutual and cordial rela­tionship, just as no amount of diabolism can weaken Kalu’s convictions about President Jonathan and his inalienable belief in him,” Wabara de­clared.Kalu, who used this inter­vention to further explicate his irrevocable faithfulness to the party’s hierarchy, im­plored members of the PDP to resolutely respect the party’s choice and not drop names in expression of any inconse­quential reservation.He stressed: “President Jonathan’s second presi­dential victory is a forgone conclusion as we await his inauguration. No theatrical calumniation of Kalu or fan­ning the embers of disunity can halt the victory train. Instead of wasting public re­sources on dubious, deceitful and smear posters, such funds should be used for good gov­ernance.”