BREAKING: Orji Kalu Will Face Immediate Retrial — EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Orji Uzor Kalu, former Abia state governor, will face immediate retrial for money laundering.

The supreme court voided Kalu’s conviction on Friday. He had been sentenced to 12 years in jail by a federal high court before the apex court nullified his conviction.

Although the supreme court did not acquit him of the charges of money laundering, the court upturned the verdict of the trial court on the grounds that Mohammed Liman, the judge who heard the case, was no longer a judge of the federal high court at the time he handled and delivered judgment on the matter.