“Media Now Avenue For Insulting Politicians”, Uzor Kalu Backs Tinubu’s Absence At Arise TV Town Hall Meeting

Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia, APC), has hailed the All Progressives Congress APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu for withdrawing from Arise TV organised Town Hall meetings where presidential candidates in the 2023 elections meet to debate.

According to Kalu, “Tinubu is even wise to be responding to them. If I were the one, I wouldn’t answer them. I would shut up my mouth and not talk to any of them.

The Abia North Senator added that he supports Tinubu’s approach of meeting with people rather than attending the debates. He said “Rather, I would go to the people that will vote.

He criticised Nigerian journalists, saying they have “have turned the media into an avenue for insulting politicians.

“I get angry when I see people insulting me or even other politicians because I am an employer of labour.

“I am a politician with income. You don’t make me what you think I should be. I should be me, and I’m comfortable being me. Because I am a politician, you want me to eat sand instead of rice?”