Groups Pressure Buhari To Prosecute Kalu

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The long delay in trial of former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu, have prompted three socio-political groups in the state to petition President Muhammadu Buhari to demand no corrupt person escapes prosecution.

The leaders of three groups, NdiAbia League, Abia Youths Consultative Forum, and Abia Peoples Congress, signed a joint statement complaining the fact that the trial has been dragging on since 2007, the year Kalu left his office. The Punch reports.

The statement reads: “It is shocking that the trial of the former governor of Abia state, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, by the EFCC is still ongoing eight years after he left office

“Abians are disturbed by this ugly development. We wonder why up till now, the former governor’s prosecution has not been concluded. We hope the EFCC has not been compromised on the matter as it is being insinuated in some quarters.

“We are appealing to President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that no corrupt person, no matter his status, escapes prosecution. The President should order the EFCC to expedite action on the trial of the former governor so that justice would be seen to be duly done.”

In July 2007, the EFCC had arraigned Kalu on a 107-count charge of money laundering, official corruption and criminal diversion of public funds totaling over five billion.

 

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