Former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu and two others have been re-arraigned before Justice Anwuri Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commision on a 34-count amended charge bordering on fraud.
The defendants plea that the court should await the pending appeal by Slok before the Supreme Court failed.
Chikere had refused the defendants’ objection to their arraignment and ordered that the charge be read to them.
Kalu and others were, in the amended charge, accused of diverting about N3.2 billion from the Abia government’s treasury during Kalu’s tenure as governor.
The court adjourned the case till Dec. 6 for commencement of trial.
Source: PulseNews
The defendants plea that the court should await the pending appeal by Slok before the Supreme Court failed.
Chikere had refused the defendants’ objection to their arraignment and ordered that the charge be read to them.
Kalu and others were, in the amended charge, accused of diverting about N3.2 billion from the Abia government’s treasury during Kalu’s tenure as governor.
The court adjourned the case till Dec. 6 for commencement of trial.
Source: PulseNews
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