Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, dismissed a no-case submission filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, in his bid to stop his trial over an alleged N3.2 billion fraud.

Mr Kalu is currently a chieftain of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, and is one of the key supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari in the South-east.

Mr Kalu alongside his former Commissioner for Finance and Account, Jones Udeogu, and a company, Slok Nigeria Limited, are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended 39-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.2 billion.

The EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, had, on Friday, May 11, 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 in view of the evidence given so far.


However, the defence led by Awa Kalu, had, on May 28 filed a no-case submission on behalf of their clients, which they subsequently adopted as their written address.

In his short ruling on the no case-submission today, Justice Idris held that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the defendants based on the evidence against the defendants.

The judge also held that there was a link between Mr Kalu and the two others.

“You have explanations to make,” the judge said.

Following the ruling, one of the defence counsel, Goddy Uche, informed the court that the lead counsel to the defendants, Awa Kalu, had written to notify the court that Mr Kalu has an appointment to undergo a surgery abroad.

He, therefore, prayed the court to adjourn the matter to September 10 to enable the first defendant, Mr Kalu, to open his defence.

In his response, the prosecution counsel, Mr Jacobs, urged the court to adjourn further proceedings to the first week of September, saying that “The President of the Court of Appeal has directed that the matter must be concluded before the end of September 2018.”

Consequently, Justice Idris adjourned the case to September 10, 2018 for the defendants to open their defence .

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i have nothing to say after loosing bid e will still win d case no b Nigeria nd iz on d winning side

I use this one take book space. Make una no vex. Even the ftc self I no win

Who thinks this is a ploy to keep him in check and also deflate media attention from efcc's attack on opposition politicians. We know beta than this. This case go linger with preliminary objections till... Fayose they are coming for you

This is interesting.
Despite talking from both sides of the mouth to promote this government. He will still have to pay for his sins after all.

Wait!!!Let me think

You know what? The Orji Kalus, the Tinibus will get the shock of their life supposing PMB wins in 2019.

Having said that, Orji Kalu should have been an Igbo political icon that we rally around but we lost him. He came with PPA and we keyed in but he did not weather the political storm and today as far as am concerned he has joined the political prostitution that has become the bane of Nigerian politics.

So if PMB wins he will be shocked and if otherwise, he will still be shocked. It's sad.

Abeg jail the idiot

Film script written by lai mohammed, directed by bola tinubu and marketed by the nation newspaper

Hope say na that judge wey nail Joshua dariye n jolly nyame go judge am?

Come and see as the satanic jobless aggressive wild pigs will support him.
They love corruption, they eat and breathe in corruption.
Are they normal? No
They only know how to worship and drink the piss of their supreme leader, Cownu.

Imagine! Well known crook still seeking a way to avoid justice

Arrest and prosecute the flat head criminal. This government has zero tolerance to corrupt polithiefcians.
Bad news for the idiotic pigs of Biafra
Cc mightguy

Every govenor since 1999 shud be rounded up and shot

Face of a betrayal

I thought he has joined apc or .....

yeyerolling:
Every govenor since 1999 shud be rounded up and shot

including Donald Duke and Obong Victor Attah? The Governors of Cross River State and Akwa ibom state respectively?
Your dull brain located in your flat head needs to be flashed.
IPOB CRIMINAL

When the next government takes over, Kalu would probably change parties again to avoid his case

too bad

how to locate ogba frm agege?

Oh lawd! All these Billions I'm seeing and hearing I want it to show in my bank Akkant, let the court orders come if they will find me

So he decided to infect himself with a fake illness to Avoid court.

I have no idea how Orji Uzor and Ken Nnamani happen to believe that APC would hand over power to them in 2023. What were they thinking??!!

Kikikiki

Soon it will be amaechi and okorochas turn...

Orji,quietly vomit this yam naaa!

Which kind rough play be this? You jail Jolly but carry this Man the play with our intelligence, the plan is to free him in die Minute we all know. Thunder fire the person that bring the idea of APC.