CITIZENS COMPASS— Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Kalu, has revealed how he dealt in arms outside Nigeria.
Kalu disclosed this during an interview with Arise News while discussing his business activities before venturing fully into politics.
He said that he sold weapons to individuals and countries who patronised him.
Asked directly whether he was an arms dealer, the senator answered in the affirmative, confirming that selling weapons was one of his sources of income at the time.
Yes,” he responded.
He explained that his decision to leave the business came after his parents intervened and persuaded him to stop dealing in weapons.
“My mother and my father came and said I must stop, and I stopped,” he said.
Kalu also disclosed that making money was his primary motivation for selling arms, adding that he did not concern himself with how buyers intended to use the weapons.
“I was selling guns to make money. Whether they blow [up] people was not my business.
During the interview, Kalu was asked whether he supplied weapons to the African National Congress (ANC) during its struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
He denied having any specific arrangement with the organisation, insisting that his business was open to anyone interested in purchasing weapons.
“No, I was selling to anybody who wants to buy,” he said.
The senator further indicated that his arms dealings extended across different countries, with his willingness to sell determined largely by whether prospective buyers could afford the weapons.
When asked if he had supplied arms to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Kalu maintained that he sold to any interested buyer with the financial means to purchase them.
“To anybody that has money to buy, when I was selling,” he said.
He also described the late Libyan leader as “a good man” before adding, “May he rest in peace.”
