2019: Orji Kalu shuns bossom friend Lamido for President Buhari
- The former Abia governor said he could not 'worship 2 gods at the same' and will choose Buhari instead
- He also accused his friend of not telling him about his presidential ambition while President Buhari did
Former Jigawa state governor and presidential aspirant of the PDP Sule Lamido has lost the valuable support of his bossom friend, former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu, to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Orji Kalu who paid a visit to Jigawa state at the weekend told his good friend that while he cherishes their relationship, his vote was for President Buhari.
“Although Alhaji Sule Lamido happens to be my bosom friend and an aspirant for Nigeria’s president in PDP, I told him I won’t vote for him against president Muhammad Buhari.
“President Buhari is my presidential candidate that I will support and vote for in 2019 because he is my party member and informed me about his ambition. My friend Lamido did not inform me.
“Alhaji Sule Lamido is my good friend, the difference in political parties will never affect our relationship. As you can see, we ate, we drank together and we joked," Orji said after meeting Lamido behind closed doors.
On its part, Premium Times quoted Kalu as saying: “We are good friends but I can’t worship two gods at the same time. You didn’t even inform me formally that you are contesting the way President Buhari informed me.
“I don’t have anything against Sule Lamido. As you can see, I’m here with him at his house eating and relaxing. If not because of the dinner arranged for me at Dutse, I could have slept here in his house.”
Meanwhile, insideupdate reported earlier that another political heavyweight has joined the race for the presidential seat in the 2019 general elections.
Former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ahmed Makarfi officially declared his intention to run for president in 2019 on Sunday, June 17.
Makarfi, a former Governor of Kaduna state, made his intentions known at a press briefing in Kaduna.
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