The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has said it was his money that was used to form the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to him, he donated the sum of N500 million to the party and also gave financial support to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the early stages of the party.

He said the money came from his business, stressing that he was the largest importer of rice and confectionaries at the time.

Kalu said this when he appeared on Channels Television's Politics Today program on Monday.

He said: “When 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.

“They 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.

“So 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.

“I’m 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.”

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