Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC
Alleged N7.6bn Fraud: Ex-Abia Gov, Kalu Opens Defence As Court Adjourns to Aug 26
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday, July 22, 2019, opened his defence in an alleged N7.6billion fraud trial involving him and two others before Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Kalu is standing trial alongside his former Commissioner for Finance, Ude Udeogu, and a company, Slok Nigeria Limited, on an amended 39-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N7.6bn. Kalu, who is also the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, allegedly committed the offence between August 2001 and October 2005. The Economi…
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