•Sun Management kicks, says no legal basis for action
Tobi Soniyi in Lagos and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, marked properties belonging to a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, including The Sun Newspaper, which it partially sealed off, serving notice to the management of impending and complete sealing of the premises.
A statement by the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, stated that the marking was to ensure that “the properties were not dissipated, following the December 5, 2019 order of Justice Muhammed Idris sitting at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos that Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Limited, be wound up and all assets forfeited to the Federal Government.”
But the management of Sun Newspapers, owned by Kalu, has kicked against the action by EFCC, saying there was no legal basis for what it did.
Sun, in a statement, said…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
