Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has dismissed a no-case submission filed by Orji Uzor Kalu, a former Governor of Abia State, 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, is 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.
In May 2018, the EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), had closed its case against the defendants, after the conclusion of evidence given by a prosecution witness, Chidi Chukwuka, Deputy Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).
During the May 11, 2018 proceedings, the prosecution counsel had also moved an oral application to amend the charge against the defendants…
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