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JUST IN: Orji Kalu arrives for arraignment on fraud allegations
 
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Tue, 2 Feb 2021   ||   Nigeria,
 

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu,Senate Chief Whip has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja ahead of his arraignment.

The ex-Governor is set to be docked before Justice Inyang Ekwo on money laundering related charges.

Kalu was earlier found guilty and handed a 12-year jail term by the Lagos Division of the court.

The trial court convicted him alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and a former Director of Finance in Abia State, Jones Udeogu, for allegedly stealing about N7.1billion from the state treasury.

But his conviction was overruled by an Appeal Court.

More Details shortly…

 

 

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