I sold arms to countries, anyone willing to pay - Orji Kalu opens up

Former Abia State Governor and Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that he previously sold weapons to individuals and countries willing to pay for them. 

He disclosed this during an interview on Arise News, where he discussed his business dealings and relationships with several African leaders. 

When asked whether he was an arms dealer, Kalu responded, “Yes”. 

He said he stopped after his parents persuaded him to abandon the business. 

“My mother and my father came and said I must stop, and I stopped,” he said. 

Kalu said he was not concerned about how the weapons would be used, insisting that his primary interest at the time was making money. 

“I was selling guns to make money. Whether they blow [up] people was not my business,” he stated. 
 

Asked whether he supplied weapons to the African National Congress, ANC, during the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, Kalu denied that the organisation was his specific customer. 

“No, I was selling to anybody who wants to buy,” he said. 
 

He further disclosed that his arms business operated across different countries as long as they had the financial capacity to buy. 

When asked whether he had sold arms to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Kalu said that his business was open to any interested buyer. 

“To anybody that has money to buy, when I was selling,” he said, while describing Gaddafi as “a good man” and adding, “May he rest in peace.” 

The interviewer also questioned Kalu about the sources of the weapons and the identities of his suppliers. 

However, the former governor declined to disclose where he obtained the weapons, describing the information as his private business.