Kalu alleged that several of these politicians had
previously engaged in advanced fee fraud and other serious crimes in South
Africa and South America.

In a video shared on his Facebook page, the senator said:
“Most people, some of them were overseas doing 419, doing all kinds of
dangerous crime all over, and you know a leopard cannot change its skin.

“When people are used to taking money that doesn’t belong to
them, they can never change their character. If you’re expecting them to
change, it is not true. They can never change.

“I think that both the civil servants and politicians who
are ruling, who are the ruling class, should stand up to help to redirect the
economic dynamics of this country. The economic dynamics is very prosperous if
we do it right.

“Why should people stack dollars in their houses? Why should
people be giving out dollars? It’s not our legal tender. People should learn
how to put the money in Nigeria’s system so Nigeria can now benefit from the
money that we’re transacting on.

“So I think that we are working very hard whether people
complain, a lot of people that were in South Africa and Southern America
everywhere doing all kinds of business are today in politics, but it’s what we
see.”

The former Senate Chief Whip also urged well-meaning
Nigerians to join politics for the right reasons rather than financial gain.

He said: “Let the good people come and join and make
politics better the way it should be. It’s not for saints. This business is not
for saints, but it’s not for people that instantly have damaged themselves in
cheating white men or other black people.

“For me, I plead with our people, let us support our
economic reforms no matter what our political leaning will be, whether it’s in
anything or this or that. We should come together and build a new leaf.”