{"id":94168,"date":"2022-04-21T18:27:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94168"},"modified":"2022-04-21T18:27:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:27:56","slug":"2023-abia-businessmen-to-buy-lawan-kalus-nomination-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-abia-businessmen-to-buy-lawan-kalus-nomination-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Abia businessmen to buy Lawan, Kalu\u2019s nomination forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1730736703498356127\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nTwo Abia businessmen are set to issue a N200 million cheque for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to purchase their presidential nomination and expression of interest forms at the All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The Igbere, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State businessmen, Ukaegbu James and Nnanna Kalu, made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday, stating that both Lawan and Kalu were competent leaders to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>They noted that the APC needed a unifier, and a committed leader with a good knowledge of Nigeria, adding \u201cIf we must get it right in 2023, we need result-oriented leaders like Kalu and Lawan to succeed Buhari in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time to present our best hands because there won\u2019t be any room for the writing of fake results and we are ready to make N200 million available by the weekend to purchase their nomination forms.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Abia businessmen are set to issue a N200 million cheque for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to purchase&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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