The Chief Whip of Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu said that he and the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu are like a family and politics cannot separate them.

Kalu speaking to newsmen recently said that Tinubu is not a threat to his residential ambition come 2023 and he is also not a threat to Tinubu’s ambition.

He noted that they are very close friends and their friendship is deep-rooted.

He went memory line describing their friendship saying that when he was Abia as Governor, nobody was occupying his house in Victoria Island, Lagos and his children were in school at that time and some were schooling at Corona schools they were living with Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

He also talked about his why he was noting running for presidency saying that when he met with Senator Tinubu, Governor Umahi, and Senator Pius Anyim, he told them that he was not running.

He said: “I didn’t want to join this contest before. When I met with Senator Tinubu, I told him I was not running. When I met with Governor Umahi, I told him I was not running. When I also met with Senator Pius Anyim, I told him I wasn’t contesting. A couple of days after my discussion with them, elders from the West, elders from the North, the South-East and Niger Delta came to see me on the 5th of January (2022) and I also went to see a couple of them.

“I flew from my village to tour some places and I met with them in the North, West and somewhere in Lagos and Warri and I returned on the 8th back to Igbere, my home town, and also met with the elders of my community and they said that it’s a possibility. And that is why I have not gone back to tell these people who I initially told that I will not run that I am now going to run. I will still have a meeting with them and tell them formally that I am going to run for the president.”

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“Tinubu is not a threat to my ambition and I am not a threat to his ambition. We are very close friends and our friendship is deep-rooted. When I and my wife went back to Abia as Governor, nobody was occupying my house in Victoria Island, Lagos. So my children were in school at that time and some were schooling at Corona schools while one was in French International school in 1998 and they were living with Senator Oluremi Tinubu. So we are like a family and politics cannot separate us.

“In 2003 when Tinubu was seeking re-election and I saw that he was lagging behind, I assisted him and it’s part of what caused my problem with former President Obasanjo. So we’re a family and we cannot quarrel because of politics. He might have his idea on how to do it and I might have my own idea on how to do it. But all I know is that if we meet at Eagle Square I will give a very good account of myself.”