A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, was Thursday convicted of corruption and mismanagement of N7.65 billion public funds. He was sentenced to a 12-year jail term by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, about 12 years after he was first arraigned by the anti-corruption body, EFCC.
2007 onwards – His corruption trial began, following his arrest by the EFCC in July 2007, after he completed his tenure as governor and thus lost his immunity. He tried to obtain a court order to stop his trial. He accused the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo , of using the anti-graft agency to persecute him.
2014 – He intensified efforts to get PDP’s nomination to contest the 2015 Abia North senatorial election.
EFCC, what about those who show off their bullion vans on election days?
Congrats on your new residence! May you live long there
O da be,others will learn
Most Nigerian politicians don’t join politics to impact the life of the masses, they do so to be powerful & enrich themselves. If the sentence for corrupt politicians will be “death”, you will realize that most of them will not be politicians today. The level of impunity is sad.
No basket for rotten tomato's.
Orji Kalu knew he doesn't have the immunity of fulanis/yoruba thieves and yet he was carrying on as if he is from kastina
I will not be mixing words.... Urji Kalu is guilty as sentenced
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