Ndigbo did not vote massively for PDP, it was rigged – Kalu

Former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has described as untrue assertions making the rounds that the South East voted massively for the PDP in the last general election, but that rather, the elections were massively rigged by the party in the region.

Kalu, who spoke during a programme on Channels TV titled, ‘View from the Top,’ on Monday said that of the five states in the South-East, PDP only won elections in Ebonyi and Enugu states, and that it is unfair to accuse the Igbo of voting en masse for the PDP.

Kalu who was an ardent supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan before the elections, explained that the people of Abia State voted against the PDP because of their feelings towards Governor Theodore Orji and the overbearing nature of the president’s wife, Patience Jonathan.

The former governor, who lost the Abia-North senatorial election on the platform of the Progressives Peoples Alliance, maintained that he did not lose but that the PDP rigged the election.

He said, “The issue is that what happened in my constituency was a rigged election. Apart from Enugu and Ebonyi states, where the PDP had very good outings, every other state they won in the South-East was rigged.

“So, the Igbo did not make any mistakes, I feel bad when I hear people blaming the Igbo”.

According to him, “In Aba, I can tell you and I will tell Jonathan, that he did not win election in Aba. The APC won the election there but when I saw the result, it was a different thing because the people were angry because of the attitude of T. A Orji and the occasional interference of the wife of the President. People were angry.”

The former governor said the PDP lost the general election because of its greed and superiority complex.

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