JUST IN:THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION SET FOR A FRESH AND IMMEDIATE TRIAL OF THE FORMER ABIA STATE GOVERNOR

The attention of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to the judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying the trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Jones Udeogu, a former Director of Finance and Account of Abia State Government and ordering their fresh trial at the lower court.

All is not yet over for former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set for “a fresh and immediate retrial.

The apex court based its verdict on the grounds that Justice Mohammed Idris, who convicted Kalu and others had been elevated to the Court of Appeal before the judgment and returned to the lower court to deliver the judgment which considered as illegal.

The EFCC considers the judgment of the apex court as quite unfortunate. It is a technical ambush against the trial of the former governor. 

The Commission is prepared for a fresh and immediate trial of the case because its evidence against Kalu and others is overwhelming. 

The corruption charges against Kalu still subsist because the Supreme Court did not acquit him of them.