N3.2bn money laundering: Court rules against Orji Uzor Kalu

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Orji Uzor Kalu / File Photo

Former Abia state governor, Orji Uzor Kalu has suffered a setback as a federal court in Lagos made a vital ruling against him.

Onovai Oghenevoh, a prosecution witness in the corruption trial will be allowed to give evidence against him.

According to Premium Times, initially, Uzor Kalu's defence counsel had objected to his evidence because his statement was not front-loaded in the proof of evidence.



The former governor is facing a 34-count charge of money laundering amounting to N3.2 billion.

Meanwhile, the embattled former governor, on Tuesday, January 3, visited the parents of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.

During the visit, NAIJ.com gathered, the former governor discussed the need for the release of Kanu with His Excellency Eze I. O Kanu and his wife Ugoeze Sally Kanu.

Sources within the family said Uzor-Kalu’s visit to the palace of Eze Kanu was met without much difference from the reply the former governor got from the IPOB leader in Kuje.