Orji Kalu Loses Final Bid To Halt N3.2bn Money Laundering Trial | Jomotv.com
In his short ruling on the no case-submission on Tuesday, Justice Idris held that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the defendants based on the evidence against the defendants. “You have explanations to make,” the Judge said. Kalu, alongside his former Commissioner for Finance and Account, Jones Udeogu, and a company, Slok Nigeria Limited, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on an amended 39-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.2bn. In May 2018, the EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), had closed its case against the defendants, after the conclusion of evidence given by a prosecution witness, Chidi Chukwuka, Deputy Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). During the May 11, 2018 proceedings, the prosecution counsel had also moved an oral application to amend the charge against the defendants in view of the evidence given so far. However, the defence, led by Awa Kalu (SAN),