- Some leaders in Abia state are displeased over the indefinite suspension of N7.6 billion fraud trial of Orji Uzor Kalu
- Kalu, who is the immediate ex-governor of Abia state, is being on an amended 39-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N7.6 billion
- A Federal High Court in Ikoyi area of Lagos adjourned the trial indefinitely
Following the indefinite suspension of N7.6 billion fraud trial of ex-governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, some leaders in Abia state have protested the decision of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
The leaders under the aegis of Coalition of Concerned Abia Stakeholders vowed to mobilise one million-man street match against the Federal High Court.
NAIJ.com gathers that in a statement made available to the media in Abuja and signed by the group's coordinator, Chief Uche Ajunwa, the group said the planned match was to demand accelerated hearing in the alleged N7.6 billion fraud case against the ex-governor.
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The statement read: ”The indefinite suspension of the N7.6billion fraud case against the former governor has already set tongues wagging in the state. This development is a big slap on the sensibility of the people of the state for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to have gone ahead to nominate a man that was reported to have allegedly committed such monumental crime against the state as the party flag bearer for Abia North senatorial seat in 2019 election.
“Indefinite adjournment of such celebrated case was most unfortunate, because of the huge public interest it has generated both within and outside the state. One person alone cannot allegedly loot over N7.6 billion from state treasury and you expect the tax payers in the state to keep quiet.
“We are set for a one million-man match in the state to demand for immediate reopening of the trial. We demand accelerated hearing of this case, because there should be no sacred cow in the current fight against corruption.
“All we want is justice and the indefinite suspension of his trial negate the spirit of anti-corruption. And to make matter worse, some of his cohorts are beginning to see the former governor as the anointed one for the seat. The former governor is also parading himself as the leader of APC in the southeast, and the few of us that joined the party had left on the account of this decision."
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the trial of a former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, over his alleged involvement in a N7.6 billion fraud had been adjourned indefinitely by the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The ex-governor is being tried alongside his former commissioner for finance, Ude Udeogo, and a company, Slok Nigeria Limited, on an amended 39-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N7.6bn.
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Source: Naija.ng