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.
The judge said: “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”.
Orji Kalu who is the chief whip of the Nigerian Senate spent six months in prison after he was convicted in December 2019 after the EFCC arraigned him and Ude Jones Udeogu, a former director of finance and account in Abia, for alleged N7.1 billion fraud.
While the former governor bagged 12 years imprisonment, Udeogu was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The supreme court on May 8, 2020, voided the trial and ordered a retrial after an appeal was filed by Udeogu.
