"I Don't want to be President anymore, I want to return to Senate" ~ Kalu

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Senate Chief Whip who represents Abia South Senatorial District in the red chamber, said this during a press conference on Wednesday after receiving the traditional title of Kibiya (Arrow) of Argungu Emirate from the Emir, Alhaji Mohammed Mera.

Orji said: "I don’t have any presidential ambitions ahead of 2023 because my plan for now is to return to the Senate, which is important to me. It is a very interesting place to mingle with other Nigerians and serve one’s father’s land.

 

"There are only two zones that have not produced the President of Nigeria, including the North-East. I have never thought of running for the presidency.

 

" However, everywhere I go, everybody asks me to contest in 2023. I have told the leadership of the Senate, my wife and my immediate family members, including my mother, that I want to come back to the Senate.

 

"My mother’s breasts are two. I want to have the first and the second breast. My first four years in the Senate will end in 2023. I will like to do the second term and retire from politics to become a farmer.

 

"It is not what I want; they know how to arrange it. If the arrangement was done and I was picked, no problem.

"It takes a lot of consultations. Other regions must agree that I should run. It could be possible because I have the capacity and ability to do the job given to me by every Nigerian, not by some people. "