Senate Chief Whip and former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu (second left) and others at Federal High Court, Abuja, where he was to be arraigned by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged laundering of N7.1billion …yesterday PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA
Ex-gov asks court to prevent his ‘second trial’
Planned re-arraignment of former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, before Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, could not proceed following objection raised by the prosecuting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
Director (Legal and Prosecution) of EFCC, Chile Okoroma, appearing for the prosecution, informed the court that the anti-graft agency had written to the chief judge of the Federal High Court requesting that the case be transferred to Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, which he argued has jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
Arraignment of ex-Abia governor, Uzor Kalu, stalled, EFCC asks for transfer of case to Lagos Arraignment of ex-Abia governor, Uzor Kalu, stalled, EFCC asks for transfer of case to Lagos
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The arraignment of the former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja was on Tuesday stalled.
When the matter was called for arraignment of the former governor and his co-defendants, Ude John Udeagu and Slok Nigeria Limited, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chile Okoroma, informed the court of the request by the commission for the matter to be transferred to Lagos Division of the court for trial.
N7.1billion Fraud: EFCC Seeks Transfer Of Orji Kalu’s Trial To Lagos
The EFCC made the plea before Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, February 2, and the trial could not proceed because of the objection raised by the anti-graft agency.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 02, 2021
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has asked the court to allow the case of a former Governor of Abia State and senator representing Abia North at the National Assembly, Orji Uzor Kalu, to be transferred to Lagos.
The EFCC made the plea before Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, February 2, and the trial could not proceed because of the objection raised by the anti-graft agency.
Daily Post Nigeria
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Nigeria Senate’s Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu will on Tuesday be arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo’s Federal High Court for a ‘de novo’ trial.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had in the last twelve years prosecuted Kalu from the Federal High Court up to the Supreme Court and as sentenced to 12 years imprisonment before his lawyers in mid 2020 secured judgement for a ‘retrial.’
Tuesday’s trial would have Senator Orjin Uzor Kalu docked before trial Justice Inyang Ekwo on money laundering related charges to the tune of N7.1 billion.
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