These certainly are no good times for the former Abia state governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, as the party he founded, the Progressive People’s Alliance, PPA, on Sunday, praised the decision of Abia State University to revoke the degree it awarded the ex-governor.
Kalu in his reaction accused the incumbent governor, Theodore Orji, for being behind his travails, a claim the state government has clearly denied.
The senate of the institution on Saturday had announced that Kalu’s admission and eventual graduation was flawed.
Meanwhile, the National chairman of the PPA, Ken Gbalikuma, has commended the school for stripping the former governor of the award, saying the decision was “proper” although it came late.
He described the award as a “moral burden”.
“The award of the certificate to the former governor, who was the incumbent visitor of the university, was patently a clear indication that his admission and graduation violated the institution’s extant rules and regulations,” Mr. Gbalikuma said. The National Chairman said that based on the strength of the findings and recommendations of an ABSU’s investigative panel, the decision of the school was in order.
He dismissed allegations that the school’s action was politically motivated; but attacked Mr. Kalu as a politically unstable person.
“The former governor spent only two semesters in the school, “thinking that the university was a political spare parts shop where any dealer in government can ply the trade by using political power to aggrandize his bloated ego.”
“All political groups in the country should be wary of associating with Kalu as he portends evil in all his undertakings, and would readily tarnish the image of any sane entity,” Gbalikuma said.
In the meantime, Kalu has promised to respond “appropriately”.
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