Court jails Orji Kalu 12 years for fraud, money laundering
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.
Former Governor of Abia, Orji Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud and money laundering. [happenings]
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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
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