$16b Power Fund: Kalu talks tough to Buhari, says ‘convince us anti-corruption is working by arresting Obasanjo’

*Says his corruption trial political as he published state accounts under him

…A corrupt judge and corrupt politician is worst than armed rubber – Ex-Gov

Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, wants President Muhammadu Buhari to convince him and other Nigerians about the seriousness of his anti-corruption war in Nigeria.

Dr. Kalu, who is a stalwart of governing All Progressives Congress (APC), said President Buhari should be bold enough to prove that he has gotten the gut expected of him to rescue Nigeria from bad governance by arresting former President Olusegun Obasanjo over alleged missing fund meant for power under his regime, insisting that unless Obasanjo is arrested, the administration will not be considered to be fighting corruption.

The former governor gave this challenge in Abuja during the quarterly public lecture series of National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) with the theme, “Culture, Economy and good Governance: The Nigerian Experience”.

Noting that his prosecution over alleged corruption was political, Kalu said if the court finds him guilty of corruption, it should jail him as, according to him, corruption is the bane of the country.

“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 rubber.  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” anti-corruption “is working.”

He continued, “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.”