Breaking: Court rules in favour of Orji Uzor Kalu, stops case retrial by EFCC
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Wed, 29 Sep 2021 || Nigeria,
WEDNESDAY- 29th September, 2021: The Federal High Court has prohibited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from retrying former Abia Governor, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order in a judgment on an application filed by the former governor seeking an order of court prohibiting the EFCC from retrying him on a charge for which he had already been tried and convicted.
“An order is hereby made prohibiting the Federal Government through the EFCC from retrying the applicant (Kalu) on charge no. FHC/ABJ/CR/56/2007, since there was no order in the judgment of the Supreme Court for the retrial of Kalu,” the judge said.
Orji Kalu is the chief whip of the Nigerian Senate.
