A group, Abia Network Against Corruption, has called on the federal government to continue the arraignment of former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, over corruption charges leveled against him.
The group stated that the present administration had made significant efforts in fighting corruption, but that “the untidy trial of Kanu calls for question.”
Addressing journalists Sunday in Abuja, the national coordinator of the group, Mr. Maxi Onyeze, said Kalu should be in jail as restitution for “looting the resources of Abia state.”
He said: “It is on record that the administration has made significant progress in his anti-corruption crusade. President Muhammadu Buhari won his election on the pledge that he would tackle the cankerworm of corruption; we are relying on his promises to make Nigeria better.
“As a pressure group, Abia Network Against Corruption call on the authorities to, as a matter of urgency, bring Kalu to book for massively pillaging the resources of the people of Abia state while in office as the executive governor.
“Kalu was granted bail by the courts; he jumped it claiming ill-health. He however evaded justice and ran to Germany. Suddenly, he clandestinely came back to contest the Abia North senatorial district election.”
