₦7.1bn Fraud: Orji Kalu Bags 12 Years Imprisonment

…Court winds up company

The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a former governor of Abia State , Orji Uzor Kalu , who was charged with N 7 .1 bn fraud .

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 Mohammed 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.