The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has disclosed that he previously traded in heavy weapons internationally, saying he sold arms to buyers who could afford them before abandoning the business at his parents’ insistence.
Kalu made the disclosure during an interview on Arise Television on Monday, while discussing his longstanding relationships with former and current South African leaders.
The former Abia State governor said his business interests previously extended beyond Nigeria, adding that he dealt in heavy weapons sold from one country to another.
When asked by the interviewer whether he was an arms dealer, Kalu responded, “Yes, so I stopped because my…”
Explaining why he abandoned the business, he said his parents asked him to quit.
“But my parents, my mother, my father came and said I must stop, and I stopped,” he said.
