Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, has backed the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for avoiding the recent Arise Television debate.
At a press conference in his Abuja office on Wednesday, Kalu said Tinubu was correct to decline the invitation to the event and other television debates.
The ranking Senator insisted that rather than participating in such a debate, the APC flagbearer would go around the country selling his agenda to Nigerians.
The former Abia State Governor also accused some media outlets of using their platforms to insult politicians in the country.
He said:
Well, let me tell you: they turn it to be an insult. If I were Bola Tinubu, I would not go there (the debate). I don’t pretend; I’m not a politician that pretends.
Tinubu is even wise to be responding to them. If I were the one, I won’t answer them. I would shut up my mouth and not talk to anyone of them.
Rather, I would go to the people that will vote. Journalists 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?
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