Ex-Gov, Kalu fails to stop EFCC from appealing judgment freeing him in alleged 7.1b fraud

A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzo Kalu failed on Friday in his bid to stop the Federal Government from appealing the September 29, 2021 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja that stopped his prosecution on a N7.1bn money laundering charge.

In two rulings on Friday, a three-member panel of the appellate court rejected the objection by Kalu and his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited to the application for leave to appeal out of time filed by the…