{"id":34987,"date":"2017-10-03T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=34987"},"modified":"2017-10-03T16:13:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:13:20","slug":"false-opinions-irrelevant-orji-uzor-kalu-tells-ipob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/false-opinions-irrelevant-orji-uzor-kalu-tells-ipob\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your false opinions about me is irrelevant\u2019 -Orji Uzor Kalu tells IPOB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following IPOB\u2019s\u00a0reply to the claims<\/a>\u00a0he made in an interview in which he alleged that IPOB\u2019s leader Nnamdi Kanu is no longer in Nigeria, but escaped through Malaysia, former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu in a statement released through his Special Assistant,\u00a0 Peter Eze\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, said he cannot be worried about false opinions of IPOB\u2019s spokesman and Lawyer about him, when there are so many other things to be concerned about.<\/p>\n

He further said this is not the first time he\u2019s been misunderstood,as\u00a0most Nigerians are interested in sensational headlines and care less about details, \u201d I believe everyone has right priorities and knows what really matters.For instance, our Igbo brothers are safe in the North and our minds are settled over their property, and that\u2019s what matters. Dancing to the beats of a popular drum isn\u2019t top of my list. These boys hurling abuses and insults on everyone that stands against division are simply ignorant.I forgive them\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former Governor who chided IPOB further claimed the group was running the interest of some politicians and despising good counsel, as he further said it is laughable when people try to link his actions with corruption charges leveled against him since 2007.<\/p>\n

According to him, Nigerians knew him before the charges and the genesis of the\u00a0 allegations and how it was\u00a0 targeted to destroy him politically.\u00a0 He however said the case being in a court of competent jurisdiction, he prefers not making further statements on it.<\/p>\n

Orji Uzor Kalu also advised IPOB to be more civil in their utterances, as he said that attacking his personality\u00a0 and leaving the issue he raised makes them look irresponsible, as he claimed that him being silent in the face of Biafra agitation and its dangerous consequence would amount to wickedness and disregard for safety of lives of the Igbo people.<\/p>\n

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\u201d I wonder how IPOB easily forgot their lines. They have had many of\u00a0 their detained members bailed through my intervention.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWould it be appropriate for even somebody like Emma Powerful to heap unprintable\u00a0 insults and accusations on me? I bailed him out when he was detained and was left to rot in prison.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhen Nnamdi\u00a0 was in prison, I was the first to visit him thus opening doors for others to do same.I did that because he is my brother.\u00a0 Although he showed a lot of appreciations during the visit but\u00a0 he still maintained his ground on Biafra. For the sake of posterity , I have made my stand clear. In a restructured Nigeria, Igbo people would be better off .We got it wrong in 1967 and we need to get it right now, else we get it wrong again.\u201d Kalu warned\u00a0 in the statement<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following IPOB\u2019s\u00a0reply to the claims\u00a0he made in an interview in which he alleged that IPOB\u2019s leader Nnamdi Kanu is no longer in Nigeria, but escaped through Malaysia, former Governor of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[874,10099,873,3021],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Nnamdi-kanu-and-orji-uzor-Kanu.jpg?fit=496%2C499&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17147,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/lawyer-thanks-orji-uzor-kalu-role-nnamdi-kanus-release\/","url_meta":{"origin":34987,"position":0},"title":"Lawyer Thanks Orji Uzor Kalu for His Role in Nnamdi Kanu’s Release","author":"Arinze Ago","date":"May 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It appears that a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzo Kalu who recently decamped to the All Progressives Congress played a pivotal role in the release of Biafra advocate, Nnamdi Kanu. 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