A Federal High court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a former governor of Abia State,Orji Uzor Kalu, to 12 year imprisonment after he was found guilty of N7.65 billion naira fraud and money laundering.
The court convicted Kalu, now a Senator , on all the 39 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charge.
The 12 year sentence is the highest among the 39 counts convicting the defendants, the lowest sentence being three years.
Mr Kalu company, Slok Nigeria Ltd was ordered to be forteited to the federal government.
Kalu was charged alongside a former Commissioner for Finance, in the state Jones Udeogo and his company, Slok Nig Ltd.
While Kalu and his company we're found guilty of all the 39 counts , Udeogo was convicted on 34 counts and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
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