PDP issues Kalu membership card• PPA also woos former gov.

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PDP issues Kalu membership card• PPA also woos former gov.
In a bid to have former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji
Uzor Kalu, back in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
which he left in 2007 when he was deregistered, the
leadership of the party has presented him a membership
card.
This is coming at a time when leaders of the
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) are also wooing
Kalu to return to their fold. During a visit to Kalu, in his
country home, on Wednesday, executives of the PDP, led
by the chairmen of Ward A & B, Igbere, in Bende Local
Government Area of Abia State, said it was time for Kalu
to return to the party, which he helped found. They,
therefore, issued him a membership card no. 9787945,
which is a constitutional requirement to join the party.
Chairmen of PDP, Wards A and B, in Igbere, Joseph
Chika and Amadi Gideon Kalu respectively, said Kalu
had impacted positively on the lives of several persons
that it would be impossible to forget him. They said the
former governor’s goodwill and large heart had been felt
by many members of the party, who craved his return to
the party. Saying that Kalu’s decision to stay out of
politics has been affecting the people negatively, Chika
pleaded: “We urge you to come back to your home.”
He said Kalu was one of the few people that formed,
nurtured and financed the PDP but was victimised out of
the party by some selfish people. After the presentation
of the membership card, Chika called on the National
Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, and his
executives not to relent in their reconciliation moves to
take the PDP to the Promised Land. In a related
development, the leadership and members of the PPA in
Wards A, B and C of Igbere also visited Kalu on
Wednesday to woo him back to the party he left as the
chairman of the Board of Trustees.
The Chairman of Ward A, Ikechukwu Abaegbu, called on
Kalu to relaunch himself into partisan politics. Abaegbu
noted that Kalu’s non-participation in party affairs has
denied his people good governance at all levels. He
stated that at a time like this, when the party is
restructuring, “we will appreciate if you accept to rejoin
our great party PPA.”
Kalu was later presented a PPA membership card of by
Abaegbu. Responding to the PDP and PPA delegation at
different times, Kalu thanked them for the courage and
visits to woo him back to their parties. He, however,
said he was not into partisan politics at present. He
said his main focus is to ensure the repositioning of
Igbo people in the Project Nigeria. He advised them to
use their political platforms for the betterment of their
people and promised to convey his decision on the
acceptance of membership of either of the two parties
to them in due course.