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Court jails Orji Kalu 12 years for fraud, money laundering

Former Governor of Abia, Orji Kalu  has been sentenced to 12 years jail term for fraud and money laundering. [happenings]
Former Governor of Abia, Orji Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years jail term for fraud and money laundering. [happenings]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a former Governor of Abia, Orji Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment for N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering.
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The court convicted Kalu, now a senator, on all the 39 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charge.

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Kalu was charged alongside a former Commissioner for Finance, in the state Jones Udeogu, and his company, Slok Nig. Ltd.

While Kalu and his company were found guilty of all the 39 counts, Udeogu was convicted on 34 counts and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

The court ordered that the Slok Nig. Ltd. Should be wound up and its assets forfeited to the Federal Government

Full details later...

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