“The victory has brought joy to our party, Abia North, the entire Abia people and Nigerians of good conscience and justice.”
The state Chairman of the party, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Umuahia that the judgment had exonerated Kalu from the alleged N7.65 billion fraud.
“The victory has brought joy to our party, Abia North, the entire Abia people and Nigerians of good conscience and justice,” Nwankpa said. “We are happy, all Abia people, the old, young and little children on the streets and entire Nigerians are jubilating over the development. Eluwa said that The Administration of Criminal Justice Act stipulates that a judge, who was elevated to the Appeal Court, could still conclude a matter he began before his elevation, with permission from the Chief Justice of the Federation.
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