Former Governor of Abia State and the Chief Whip of the 9th Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, is known to be backing the current Senate President, Ahmad Lawan for presidency.

In a recent interview he had with Channels TV, the former governor claimed that the current Senate President, Ahmad Lawan is the party’s presidential consensus candidate.

He went further to say that he is not supporting Ahmad Lawan because he wants to be Vice President