Earlier to his ascension to the Ninth Senate, where he became the Chief Whip, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu had served as Abia State governor. Two years into the PPA administration in Abia State, Kalu fell out with his political godson, the governor. Kalu’s electoral triumph and emergence as Senate Chief Whip was garnished with a 12-year jail term. And, while the Senate Chief Whip was out of circulation, the Senate debated and passed the 2020 appropriation bill. When Tinubu urged the Senate President to go lick his wounds, the jab must have been meant for all those who propped him for the great fall with confused strategies.

Source: The Guardian June 19, 2022 13:35 UTC