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 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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