Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that he previously dealt in arms, selling weapons to anyone who could afford them before quitting the business at the request of his parents.
Kalu made the revelation during an interview with Charles Aniagolu on Arise News Prime Time, titled “Orji Kalu: Business, Politics and Ambition.”
Speaking about his international relationships, Kalu said he met former South African President Nelson Mandela many years ago and maintained their friendship.
He added that Mandela introduced him to several South African presidents, including Thabo Mbeki, who later introduced him to Jacob Zuma.
During the interview, Aniagolu asked, “You were an arms dealer?” Kalu replied, “Yes.”
When asked whether he sold g+ns to people to k+ll others, he said, “I was selling g+ns to make money. Whether blood was shed was none of my business.”
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👉 JOIN GISTSMATE WHATSAPP CHANNELHe, however, disclosed that he stopped after his parents asked him to quit, saying, “My parents, my mother, my father came and say I must stop, and I stopped.”
Asked whether he sold weapons to the African National Congress (ANC), Kalu said, “No, I was selling to anybody who wants to buy, right. Eh, you have the money.”
When asked where he sourced the guns, he replied, “It’s only by business, that is only me knows where.”
Aniagolu subsequently raised concerns about the proliferation of small arms in Nigeria and asked whether Kalu had sold weapons to Libya.
Kalu responded, “To anybody. To anybody that have money to buy. May his soul rest in peace.”
When the interviewer specifically asked whether he sold weapons to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Kalu said, “He was a good man, I don’t know about [that], but if you have money to buy.”
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