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Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by fxseven(m): 8:21am On Aug 16, 2015
A former Governor of Abia State, has said that any meaningful probe of past corruption in Nigeria must start with former President Obasanjo...in a report published by The Guardian. Read the excerpts.:

ANY meaningful probe of corruption in Nigeria
must begin with former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, former Abia State Governor, Chief Orji
Uzor Kalu has said.
Kalu, who alleged instances of corruption against
the former Nigerian leader, said the former
President fertilized official corruption in the
country during his tenure, stressing that it was on
the strength of the festering sleaze around
Obasanjo that he was moved to draw the former
President’s attention to the monumental
corruption circulating around his office in 2005.
In the official letter dated September 25, 2005 and
addressed to His Excellency, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, copy of which was made available to
The Guardian yesterday, Kalu accused Obasanjo
of not only handling major oil deals through his
cronies but also preventing the proper auditing of
the accounts of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
Explaining why he insists Obasanjo should be
probed for corruption, Kalu recalled how in a
media appearance on the Voice of America, (VOA)
in August 2005, he challenged the then President
to openly declare his assets, remarking that “an
exemplary leader genuinely committed to taking
up arms against the invading monster of
corruption would have had no hesitation in rising
to the call.”
While accusing the former President of owning a
foreign account and a platinum credit card, Orji
Uzor Kalu added: “The most pressing question I
wish to put to you, sir, revolves around your long
tenure as Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum
Resources since 1999. Why has there not been a
properly audited account of the Ministry of
Petroleum resources since then, despite outcry by
the people for this to be done?
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August 16, 2015  5 Comments
Kalu Writes Obasanjo: You Are
Corrupt Sir!
By Ikenna Onyekwelu on August 16, 2015
ANY meaningful probe of corruption in Nigeria
must begin with former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, former Abia State Governor, Chief Orji
Uzor Kalu has said.
Kalu, who alleged instances of corruption against
the former Nigerian leader, said the former
President fertilized official corruption in the
country during his tenure, stressing that it was on
the strength of the festering sleaze around
Obasanjo that he was moved to draw the former
President’s attention to the monumental
corruption circulating around his office in 2005.
In the official letter dated September 25, 2005 and
addressed to His Excellency, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, copy of which was made available to
The Guardian yesterday, Kalu accused Obasanjo
of not only handling major oil deals through his
cronies but also preventing the proper auditing of
the accounts of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
Explaining why he insists Obasanjo should be
probed for corruption, Kalu recalled how in a
media appearance on the Voice of America, (VOA)
in August 2005, he challenged the then President
to openly declare his assets, remarking that “an
exemplary leader genuinely committed to taking
up arms against the invading monster of
corruption would have had no hesitation in rising
to the call.”
While accusing the former President of owning a
foreign account and a platinum credit card, Orji
Uzor Kalu added: “The most pressing question I
wish to put to you, sir, revolves around your long
tenure as Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum
Resources since 1999. Why has there not been a
properly audited account of the Ministry of
Petroleum resources since then, despite outcry by
the people for this to be done?
“There is indisputable evidence that all the deals
in the nation’s oil sector are being handled by
you, through your cronies and agents. What about
the leakages and the fraud at the NNPC with
particular reference to crude oil sales and the
accrued commissions? What have you done to
check the malfeasance?”
The former Abia governor noted that four years
after Obasanjo’s administration embarked upon
its anti-corruption crusade, it threatened fire and
brimstone with pretentious swagger of a national
revolution against corruption, regretting, however,
that “the campaigns have not yielded desired
results because the entire effort lacks focus and a
strong foundation right from the outset.”
Furthermore, Kalu informed Obasanjo: “The most
preposterous and incredulous aspect of your anti-
corruption campaign” was that while the media
was awash with stories connected with the EFCC
and ICPC, “corruption is taking root and
multiplying daily in many federal establishments,
including Aso Villa, the very seat of power, where
you reside.”
“I have repeatedly made the observation that
corruption is rife among senior officials of
government, especially those at the federal level,
and among your friends, your business associates
and cronies. Around you and in your name have
coalesced a few powerful brokers of corrupt
practices who peddle your influence and extract
billions of naira in the form of oil and gas and
defence contract commissions.
“The budget is manipulated at the National
Assembly with the active connivance of your
surrogates and a few Senators, thereby carting
away billions of naira through contract padding
or inflation. The felonious activities of this cabal,
including the foreign accounts of some of your
aides and serving and former ministers are well
known to the international community. I would be
surprised if you feign ignorance of this
unfortunate situation,” Kalu wrote.
Kalu went ahead in the six-page letter to accuse
Obasanjo on specific corrupt practices saying: “A
few examples are necessary to buttress my case:
The Abuja National Stadium, why was the original
design for the stadium, which had a five star hotel
and which contract was won by a Chinese firm
discarded and re-awarded to another foreign
construction company based in Nigeria without
the component of a five star hotel but at five
times the price originally quoted by the Chinese
firm? There is unquestionable evidence at my
disposal pointing to the fact that mega corruption
lies at the base of this dramatic turnabout.
“Why have the operations of Bureau for Public
Enterprises (BPE) remained so murky? Who
collected the commissions for the sale of
Ajaokuta Steel Company and Delta Steel Rolling
Mill, Aladja? To what degree would you, Mr.
President, defend those transactions as
transparent? Who owns Bells University and Bells
Secondary School? Who paid for the construction
of hostels and gigantic sports complex at the
Bells Secondary School? I put it to you sir, that
both projects were financed with Nigerian
taxpayers’ money through the construction giant,
STRABAG, five years ago (2000). What role did a
former Minister of Sports play in the whole deal?”

www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/08/kalu-writes-obasanjo-you-are-corrupt-sir/
Re: Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by natas22: 8:23am On Aug 16, 2015
grin
Re: Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by powerfulsettingz: 8:24am On Aug 16, 2015
And kalu still want to the fifa president pointing hand at Obasanjo?

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Re: Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by dollyptosh(m): 8:27am On Aug 16, 2015
Game on
Re: Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by ckmayoca: 8:31am On Aug 16, 2015
Cos immunity still cover baba. U can't near a monkey, he will slap u like a drum.
Re: Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by hakeem4(m): 8:32am On Aug 16, 2015
angry
Re: Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by Nobody: 8:34am On Aug 16, 2015
This is the only governor that battled OBJ during his tenure, OBJ is the most corrupt Nigerian alive today
Re: Kalu To Obasanjo: You are corrupt Sir! by merry02(m): 8:34am On Aug 16, 2015
Some apc e-warrior will devoir this. Man for not attacking jonathan now.......Truth is bitter but it must be spoken!Obj is the theif we re looking for!

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