ABN TV Apologises To Sen. Orji Kalu Over Erroneous Publication

An online medium in Nigeria, ABN TV has retracted a caption which erroneously quoted the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.

The former Abia governor had while fielding questions from journalists during his recent visit the former Heads of State in Minna, Generals Abdulsalami Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida said if elected President in 2023, he would turn the country’s economy to a 21st century economy.

ABN TV however in a publication titled ‘If Nigerians Make Me President, I’ll Build a 20th Century Economy — Kalu’ misquoted the former Abia governor. In a retraction issued by the management of the organisation on Saturday, it noted that it holds Sen. Kalu in a high esteem and would not have intentionally rolled out a publication to disparage him or his personality.

While tendering apologies to the federal lawmaker, ABN TV said it is fully responsible for the error.

“The management of ABN TV deeply regrets the publication titled ‘If Nigerians Make Me President, I’ll Build a 20th Century Economy — Kalu‘ on our site. “This is an error for which we accept full responsibility.

“The publication is not in anyway intended to spite the personality of the Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. “We hold the two time Abia governor on a high esteem and wouldn’t have deliberately rolled out a publication targeted at attacking him.

“We therefore, hereby retract the publication and tender our apologies to Sen. Kalu for any damage this may have caused him as an individual, political associates and loyalists.

“As a responsible organisation, we will continue to promote ethics and professionalism which is our hallmark” ABN TV stated.