EFCC Vows To Relaunch Orji Kalu’s Trial

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has pledged to immediately restart the fresh prosecution of the former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, saying that the technical glitch that set him free would not spare him from justice.

The EFCC made the claim in an immediate reaction to the freedom given the former governor and incumbent Senate Majority by the Supreme Court on Friday.

The apex court hinged its decision on the claim that the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris had already been appointed to the Court of Appeal by the time he gave the judgment.

Responding in an immediate reaction, the EFCC said:  

The attention of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC,  has been drawn to the judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying the trial of a former governor of Abia State,  Orji Kalu ,  his firm,  Slok Nigeria Limited and Jones Udeogu, a former Director of Finance and Account of Abia State Government and ordering their fresh trial at the lower court.

The apex court based its verdict  on the grounds that Justice Mohammed Idris, who convicted Kalu and others had been elevated to the Court of Appeal before the judgment and returned to the lower court to deliver the judgment which it considered as illegal.

The EFCC considers the judgment  of the apex court as quite unfortunate . It is a technical ambush against the trial of the former governor.  The Commission is prepared for a fresh and immediate  trial of the case because its evidences against Kalu and others are overwhelming. The corruption  charges against Kalu still subsist because the  Supreme Court did not acquit him of them.  The entire prosecutorial machinery of the EFCC would be launched in a fresh trial where justice is bound to be served in due course.

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