Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC
N3.2bn: Ex-Abia Gov, Kalu Loses Bid To Stop Trial…as court orders defence to open its case
Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, dismissed a no-case submission filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, in his bid to stop his trial over an alleged N3.2bn fraud.Kalu alongside his former Commissioner for Finance and Account, Jones Udeogu, and a company, Slok Nigeria Limited, are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended 39-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.2bn. The EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, had, on Friday, May 11, 201…
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