Orji Kalu gets judgment date after 12 year-trial
By Tony Okechukwu
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and two others, on trial for the past 12 years over alleged N7.65 billion theft of Abia Government money, will know their fate soon.
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Tuesday, announced 2 December, 2019 as judgment date, after the prosecution and the defence adopted their written addresses.
Kalu’s co-defendants are his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Udeh Udeogu, who was Director of Finance and Accounts at the Abia State Government House during Kalu’s tenure as governor, between 1999 and 2007.
Kalu was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and two others, on trial for the past 12 years over alleged N7.65 billion theft of Abia Government money, will know their fate soon.
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Tuesday, announced 2 December, 2019 as judgment date, after the prosecution and the defence adopted their written addresses.
Kalu’s co-defendants are his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Udeh Udeogu, who was Director of Finance and Accounts at the Abia State Government House during Kalu’s tenure as governor, between 1999 and 2007.
Kalu was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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