Tag: Orji Kalu
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EFCC witness in alleged N2.3bn fraud against Orji Kalu ‘relocates’ to Cameroon
Akpan Udoh, an accountant in the Abia State Government House, who was scheduled to testify in the alleged N3.2 billion fraud trial of the former Abia Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has relocated to Cameroon. The counsel to the prosecution told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday that Mr. Udoh was listed as a…
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Kalu urges Tinubu to accelerate reconciliation of aggrieved APC members
Former Abia governor, Dr Orji Kalu has called on the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress ( APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to accelerate efforts toward reconciling aggrieved members of the ruling party. Kalu made the call on Sunday night while speaking with newsmen at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. He said the task given…
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Buhari is a better president compared to Obasanjo – Orji Kalu
…Says former president has no moral right to comment on national issues Former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Kalu, has defended President Muhammadu Buhari, following Tuesday’s letter by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, on the state of the nation. The former President had in letter addressed to President Buhari criticised his poor handling of the economy…
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Alleged N3.2bn fraud: Again, EFCC’s star witness in Orji Kalu’s trial absconds
The trial of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, was stalled Tuesday after the prosecution, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), failed to present one of its major witnesses. Rotimi Jacobs, counsel to the EFCC, told Mohammed Idris of a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court that the Commission had been…
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Former Abia governor, Orji Kalu declares 2019 Senate ambition
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday declared his intention to run for Abia North Senatorial seat in 2019. Kalu, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists at his Igbere country home, regretted that the people who represented the area in the past were concerned about “self- aggrandizement” at the…
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Osinbajo’s visit to Buhari proves president’s health not deteriorating – Kalu
A former Governor of Abia, Dr Orji Kalu, has said that those peddling rumours that President Muhammadu Buhari is on life support have been proven wrong. Kalu, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He said the visit of acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to…
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N3.2bn money laundering: Court to rule on Kalu’s case June 6
A Federal High Court on Monday in Lagos fixed June 6 foe ruling on the objection by a former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, to the evidence of a prosecution witness in his trial. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct. 31, 2016, slammed a 34-count charge of N3.2 billion fraud…
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Money laundering: Court fixes March 6 for Orji Kalu’s trial
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed March 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 for trial of former Abia governor Orji Uzor Kalu charged with money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on October 31, preferred a 34-count money laundering against Kalu and his former commissioner for finance, Ude Udeogo. However,…