Court Sentences Orji Kalu To 12 Years In Jail Over N7.65bn Fraud Allegations

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of 39 counts of N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering. Kalu was charged alongside Jones Udeogo, the state Commissioner for Finance during his tenure as the governor.Kalu’s company, Slok Nig. Ltd., was also a defendant in the via IFTTT