Supreme Court nullifies Kalu’s conviction

Reprieve came the way of ex-Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Kalu, as the Supreme Court on Friday nullified his trial those of others, who were in December convicted and sentenced for N7.1bn fraud. Justice Mohammed Idris, who had been elevated to the Court of Appeal bench, had returned to the Federal High Court in Lagos to complete the case which started in 2007. The judge had sentenced the ex-governor to 12 years imprisonment for the fraud he allegedly perpetrated during his tenure as Abia State governor. But in a unanimous…

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