EFCC Describes Supreme Court Judgement Voiding Kalu’s Trial as ‘Technical Ambush’ via thisdaylive
*Vows to relaunch trialThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commision has said the Supreme Court judgement that nullified the the trial of former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu was a technical ambush and an unfortunate development.
The anti-graft agency which prosecuted the former governor stated that in view of the apex court judgement, the agency would relaunch its full prosecutorial machinery to ensure that justice was served. “The apex court based its verdict on the grounds that Justice Mohammed Idris, who convicted Kalu and others had been elevated to the Court of Appeal before the judgment and returned to the lower court to deliver the judgment which it considered as illegal”, it said.
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