Orji Kalu weeps at Senate’s valedictory session, says "Nigeria’s not fair"

LEGIT NG

The 9th Senate having completed its four-year term is at the moment carrying out a Valedictory session at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja on Saturday, June 10.

During the session, Senators were given the opportunity to speak their minds on their stay in the Upper Chamber.

Orji Kalu weeps profusely as he narrates prison ordeal

Declaring the session open at 10.59 am, the president of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan said that the session was a special one against the backdrop that it would be used by the Senators to make remarks on the journey that started on 11th June 2019 and ended today, Vanguard reported.

When it was time for him to speak, the Senate Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, All Progressives Congress (APC), Abia North who noted that his remarks would be a little bit emotional, wept while speaking, narrating how has been treated politically, especially by those he helped build and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) that he spent his money to nurture, Daily Trust reported.

Kalu recounted his ordeal in a case involving N7.1 billion fraud allegedly perpetuated during his tenure as governor of Abia State, Premium Times report added.

He said,

“Before I came into politics, I could buy anything money can buy. I’m not a thief. Those that put me in prison know the reason. They took over my businesses and wanted to kill me yet I survived it and I’m in the senate with you.