Obasanjo Betrayed Babangida Over One-Term Power-Sharing Agreement – Orji Uzor Kalu

Chairman Senate Committee on South East Development Commission (SEDC), Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, APC, Abia North, has revealed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo betrayed his agreement to serve one term and to subsequently hand over to the North. He recently shared why why his once cordial relationship with Obasanjo eventually collapsed, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Disclosing an account of an alleged political understanding involving Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida ahead of the 2003 presidential election, Kalu stated that after reaching an agreement with Babangida at his residence in Ota, OBJ eventually went back on his word.

Uzor Kalu added that the disagreement over the alleged arrangement was among the issues that damaged his relationship with the former president.

His words, “Well, I cannot be certain about the vice presidency, but I can tell you, yes, this was our discussion in Ota.

That he would leave, he would leave for four years and give back to the North.

What we discussed and agreed there were people there, there were people there, like His Boy, Obasanjo’s Boy, Adobeye from Benue State; he was sitting down there where we sat, me, Ibrahim Babangida and President Obasanjo. Where we agreed, we agreed.

I was the one funding the meetings, aircraft, paying honourariums to people that came for cooking food and all the rest of them. That is the truth.

So for me, it was just a joyful thing to make sure that we had a strong party to drive away the military.

I became a fool before the PDP because after bringing all the money, they turned against me.

Three men taught me how to cultivate this. One, still alive, is his present, Ibrahim Babangida. Two, was Professor Jubril Aminu. And the third one was Mr Gilbert Chagoury.

They told me that it’s always good to keep people and eat with people. And I maintained that, and this is what I maintained in my life.

I welcome people of no status. I welcome people with status. I welcome people of the same below and above. I keep relationships.

Any day I drop out of politics, I’m sure Forbes, if I have anything to rank, they’ll rank me.

Because in the history of Forbes, I’m the only person active in politics ever they have ranked.

The day I told him I was going to run for governor, he felt I was a fool.

He said you must be very strong to think about that. You will not do that.”