2023: Tinubu not a threat to me, we’ll meet at Eagles Square —Orji Kalu

Abia State former Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has described the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Tinubu, as no threat to his 2023 presidential ambition.

Kalu says politics is not about money, adding that he, Tinubu and others will meet at Eagles Square, at the right time, to settle the issue of who gets the APC presidential ticket for the 2023 election.

He stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Programme, Politics Today.

He was asked if Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor was a threat to his ambition and in his response he said, “No! And I am not a threat to his ambition. By the time we meet in Eagles Square, this issue will be settled.

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“Mind you, politics is not only about money; it is about the people you are going to govern …  the people of the north-west, the people of north-east, the people of north-central, the people of the south-east, the people of the south-west, and the people of south-south, and we have the people. I can move the people and the people are with me.”

When Kalu was reminded of a recent meeting with Tinubu, where he said he was not going to run for the presidential election in 2023, he said, “I told Tinubu that I was not going to run, that is the truth.”

On why he changed his mind he explained, “It was circumstances from the South-East, South-West, North-West, North-Central, and North-East that made me decide to join the race. I was governor with him (Tinubu), there is nothing difficult in challenging anybody.

“We are all going to meet at the Eagle Square, and we will square it out there. There is no difficulty. I am the only political businessman that is first recognised as a billionaire, and I am not sure that there is anything those people can do, in terms of money, that I cannot do. I don’t think they can speak to anybody in Nigeria or in the world that I cannot speak to.”

On whether he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari about his aspiration, Kalu replied, “I have not even discussed with the President that I want to become President.

“The Last time I met President Buhari, I was able to discuss issues that concern the nation – terrorism, banditry, and how to stabilise our country, and other major issues in the National Assembly like the electoral law.”