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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has disclosed he gave $1 million to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and N500 million to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 1998.<\/p>\n

Kalu made this known on Monday while fielding questions on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today programme.<\/p>\n

The Abia-born senator, who was discussing Nigerian politics on the TV station, said he\u2019s more anxious to see Nigerians eating three meals a day, and going on good roads.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhen I put a lot of money at the time, by then, dollar was big money. Dollar was $84. I gave President Olusegun Obasanjo over $1 million. I gave the party (PDP) over N500 million to start the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were looking for money. The only few people who could have brought money then were TY Danjuma and Atiku Abubakar. Others had no money. All those people had no money to bring. And that is the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo for me, we are all friends. All this abusing Tinubu, abusing Orji Kalu, abusing Atiku Abubakar, abusing Amaechi should stop. What I think we should do, we should sit down as a family, talk about the needs of Nigerian people and deliver to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more anxious to see Nigerians eating three meals a day, going on good roads, going to good train stations, going to all these things, working in a decent factory and making decent money. This is what I would like.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has disclosed he gave $1 million to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and N500 million to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 1998. Kalu made this known on Monday while fielding questions on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today programme. 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