BREAKING: APC Suspends Orji Kalu | Details

Barley 24 hours to the National Assembly election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.

Kalu who was Senator, representing Abia North, and his counterpart, Whip were suspended over alleged anti-party activities and other offensCs.

APC in a letter conveying Kanu’s suspension said the suspension was with immediate effect.

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Kalu has been at loggerheads with the leadership and members of Abia APC over the allegations the former Abia Governor has been undermining and sabotaging the party in the state.

According to the letter dated February 21, the former Abia Governor was suspended for “acts of disobedience and gross anti-party activities”.

The letter jointly signed by the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Paul Nwabuisi; State Secretary, Chief Chidi Avajah; and the State Chairman, Dr Kingsley Ononogbu, added Kalu who has been at loggerheads with many APC chieftains in Abia, “has remained unrepentant and without remorse despite several warnings”.

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APC explained that Kalu’s suspension came after “thorough investigations and recommendations of the Disciplinary Committee set up by the Igbere Ward A in Bende Local Government of Abia State.”

The Abia APC leadership further stated that Kalu’s suspension was in consonance with Article 21B(i-v) of the APC Constitution, which he violated.

The letter read in part:”You are hereby suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC).”

The former Governor has been accused of working against the APC governorship candidate, Chief Ikechi Emenike.