JUDGE ASKS AILING ORJI KALU TO RETURN AND FACE TRIAL

The former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, travelled abroad for medical treatment despite submitting his travel documents with a federal court, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said Monday. Rotimi Jacobs, counsel to the anti-graft agency, told a federal judge that they were not aware when Kalu obtained a permission from the court for his travel. The trial of the former governor, who is accused of ₦7.65 billion fraud allegedly committed while in office, at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court was stalled on Monday due to…

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