The former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu was convicted of fraud charge of N7.1bn. The ex-governor begged the prison officials taking him to holding custody not to handcuff him saying, “ I will follow you”.
Kalu was convicted by Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
The court found him and his co-defendants guilty of the entire 39 counts filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Justice Idris sentenced Kalu to 12 years’ imprisonment while he ordered the winding up of Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Limited, charged as third defendant in the case.
Kalu is a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is the current Chief Whip of the Senate. He was elected into the senate on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
