A Federal High Court in Abuja has prohibited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from retrying former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, on allegations of money laundering. The EFCC had prosecuted Kalu alongside Jones Udeogu, a former director of finance and accounts with the Abia State government, and Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Limited, on 39 counts of fraud involving N7.1 billion at a Federal High Court in Lagos. Mohammed Idris, who is now a justice of the court of appeal, had at the end of the trial,…
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