Orji Uzor Kalu Arraigned By The EFCC alongside SlokNigeria Limited Over N3.2bn Money Laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on the former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, before the Federal High Court in Lagos on a 34-count charge of money laundering

Arraigned alongside the former governor was one Udeh Jones Udeogu, as well as Kalu's company, SlokNigeria Limited.

In the amended charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/56/07, the EFCC alleged that between August 2001 and December 2005, during Kalu’s governorship, the accused persons used the said money to procure Slok Nigeria Limited, a company the EFCC claims to be solely owed by Kalu and his family.



The accused persons and one Emeka Abone, said to be at large, were also alleged to have between May 2002 and December 2005, conspired to launder funds illegally derived from the Treasury of Abia State government.

They were also alleged to have aggregated several millions of naira amounting to N3.2 billion, property of Abia State government, knowing that the said amount had been stolen from the Treasury of Abia State government.

To perpetrate the alleged fraud, the accused persons were alleged to use Manny Bank, now Fidelity Bank Plc; Spring Bank Plc; the defunct Standard Trust Bank; and Fin Land Bank, now First City Monument Bank (FCMB).