10th Senate: It’s my turn to be Senate President – Orji Kalu

Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate and member of the All Progressives Congress, which won the election for the Abia North Senatorial District, has declared that it is his turn to serve as Senate President.

On Tuesday, Kalu made this statement in response to inquiries from reporters.

“Remember, I am the only governor since I took office 24 years ago who has never changed my phone number,” he remarked. I will be willing to continue using that phone number to answer my calls and have the same Mtn that I do.

“I’m not going to switch off my phones, because I’m Senate President but I’m hoping that Nigerian people will pray for me to be Senate President because it’s my turn,” he added. 

Recall that Kalu was declared the winner of the Abia North Senatorial district election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

According to the Nation’s Electoral umpire, the former Governor polled a total of 30,805 votes to defeat his closet rival, Nnamdi Iroh of the Labour Party, who polled 25,540 votes, while Chief Mao Ohuabunwa of the Peoples Democratic Party got 15, 175 votes

The returning officer for Abia-North, Mr Chinedu Nnamdi, declared Kalu, the winner having polled the highest number of valid votes cast.