Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia state
and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC)
on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari
of not waging a holistic war against corruption in
the country daring the president to president to
arrest former president Olusegun Obasanjo if indeed
he is serious about fighting corruption.
Kalu, who threw the challenge at the quarterly
public lecture series of National Institute for Cultural
Orientation (NICO) with the theme: Culture,
Economy and good Governance: The Nigerian
Experience held in Abuja also said his ongoing
prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) has political undertone.
He said President Buhari should be bold enough to
prove that he has gotten the gut expected of him to
salvage Nigeria from bad governance by arresting
former President Olusegun Obasanjo over alledged
missing fund meant for power under his regime,
insisting that unless Obasanjo is arrested, the
administration will not be considered to be fighting
corruption.
“My prosecution is political. Our accounts in Abia
state were transparent under my watch. The US
knows, the UK knows. I have been given a red
carpet in these two countries. I have been given a
red carpet in China. In fact, I am stronger in fighting
corruption than President Buhari because he is not
fighting it well”.
“I have recovered peoples’ money and given them
back. I am a creator of wealth at every level. If any
court finds me to be corrupt , it should jail me.
Corruption is the bane of this country”.
“A corrupt judge and corrupt politician is worst than
armed robber”.
“Nigerians should start electing presidents that have
meaning and gut to take decisions.
“President Buhari has got some guts but he should
arrest Obasanjo for us to know that corruption is
working. “Without arresting Obasanjo, he has not
started fighting corruption because Obasanjo took
away our $16million electricity money. So, unless he
arrests Obasanjo, corruption is not being fought in
Nigeria.”
and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC)
on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari
of not waging a holistic war against corruption in
the country daring the president to president to
arrest former president Olusegun Obasanjo if indeed
he is serious about fighting corruption.
Kalu, who threw the challenge at the quarterly
public lecture series of National Institute for Cultural
Orientation (NICO) with the theme: Culture,
Economy and good Governance: The Nigerian
Experience held in Abuja also said his ongoing
prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) has political undertone.
He said President Buhari should be bold enough to
prove that he has gotten the gut expected of him to
salvage Nigeria from bad governance by arresting
former President Olusegun Obasanjo over alledged
missing fund meant for power under his regime,
insisting that unless Obasanjo is arrested, the
administration will not be considered to be fighting
corruption.
“My prosecution is political. Our accounts in Abia
state were transparent under my watch. The US
knows, the UK knows. I have been given a red
carpet in these two countries. I have been given a
red carpet in China. In fact, I am stronger in fighting
corruption than President Buhari because he is not
fighting it well”.
“I have recovered peoples’ money and given them
back. I am a creator of wealth at every level. If any
court finds me to be corrupt , it should jail me.
Corruption is the bane of this country”.
“A corrupt judge and corrupt politician is worst than
armed robber”.
“Nigerians should start electing presidents that have
meaning and gut to take decisions.
“President Buhari has got some guts but he should
arrest Obasanjo for us to know that corruption is
working. “Without arresting Obasanjo, he has not
started fighting corruption because Obasanjo took
away our $16million electricity money. So, unless he
arrests Obasanjo, corruption is not being fought in
Nigeria.”
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