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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has met Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n

Senator Kalu arrived Port Harcourt around 9pm on Wednesday to the reception of Governor Wike.<\/p>\n

This is Kalu\u2019s first visit to the Rivers State Government House since he left as Governor in 2007.<\/p>\n

The nocturnal meeting between Governor Wike and Senator Kalu was held behind closed doors with few leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State.<\/p>\n

Details of the visit are yet to be disclosed as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Senator Kalu presided over the registration of former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd) as a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n

Rtd. General Ihejirika was appointed during the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n

General Ihejirika\u2019s defection comes months after Senator Kalu made series of advances for the ex-COAS to join the APC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has met Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt. Senator Kalu arrived Port Harcourt around 9pm on Wednesday to the reception of Governor Wike. This is Kalu\u2019s first visit to the Rivers State Government House since he left as Governor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[3074,1570,2140,1235,254,454],"class_list":["post-37346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-abia-governor","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-kalu","tag-nigeria","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"\n2023: Wike holds meeting with former Abia Governor, Kalu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has met Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike at the Government House, P ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023: Wike holds meeting with former Abia Governor, Kalu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has met Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike at the Government House, P ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-18T17:09:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-602e9e2ce15b3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2023: Wike holds meeting with former Abia Governor, Kalu\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-18T17:09:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-602e9e2ce15b3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abia Governor\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Kalu\",\"Nigeria\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-wike-holds-meeting-with-former-abia-governor-kalu\",\"name\":\"2023: Wike holds meeting with former Abia Governor, Kalu - 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