The previous guv of Abia State on Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to get the order to raise limitations on the account.

Kalu, who is a senator representing Abia North in the senate, likewise desires a court order to strike out his name and those of his firm, Slok Nigeria Ltd, from the EFCC’s new N7.1 billion accusation.

The previous guv, through his legal representative, Ikoro N. Ikoro brought an application for the two reliefs predicated on the judgment of Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, delivered on September 29, 2021, which barred the Federal Government from retrying the previous governor.

Kalu, who is the Chief Whip of the Senate, sent that having actually been released, it behoves on him to use to the court to officially strike out his name and Slok from the charge sheet.

Nevertheless, the scheduled re-arraignment of the previous Commissioner of Finance in Abia State, Jones Udeogu, whom the court had purchased his retrial as well as hearing of all pending applications could not go on.

Slok’s counsel, Chief Chris Uche SAN, and Kalu’s legal representative had actually informed the court that the EFCC’s counsel, Rotimi Jacob SAN, served his action to their application which they served on him considering that October 2021, on Monday, January 10, 2022.

Though, Ikoro and Uche expressed discouragement over the way the EFCC attorney decided to wait to serve his counter-affidavit on Monday night, said they needed time to reply.

In view of the factor, the trial judge, Justice Ekwo adjourned with the agreement of parties to March 10, for hearing of Kalu and Slok’s applications along with EFCC’s motion on notice looking for transfer of the matter to Lagos.

Justice Ekwo had on September 29, 2021, stopped the Federal Government from retrying Orji Uzor Kalu, over alleged N7.1 billion fraud.

Kalu was charged along with his slok, udeogu and firm, and while the duo was founded guilty and sentenced for 12 years, the business was wound up.

It was the opinion of the court that considering that Kalu was not pointed out in the judgment of the Supreme Court, which had nullified his conviction and sentencing and bought a retrial, the judgment did not apply to him.

The judge likewise reasoned that it was only the previous Commissioner of Finance in Abia Government House, Jones Udeogu, that could be re-tried as only his name was discussed in the Supreme Court judgment.

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