EFCC Presents Doculment Against Orji Kalu

A Federal High Court in Lagos , Wednesday,
admitted as exhibits some documents tender as
evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, against the former Governor
of Abia state, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Orji Kalu The EFCC had on Oct. 31, 2016 slammed a 34-
count charge bordering on fraud against Kalu and
his former Commissioner for Finance, Ude
Udeogo. Also joined in the suit is Kalu’s company — Slok
Nig. Ltd. The accused had pleaded not guilty to the
charges. At the hearing Wednesday, the prosecution
counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, through Tunde
Adeniyi David, Compliance officer, Heritage Bank
plc tendered some letters dated 11, 2006,October
2006 and October 13 2006 respectively which were
written in response to esquires by the EFCC. It was reported that the documents were admitted
in evidence as exhibits D1 and D41 by Justice
Muhammed Idris. David who is the third prosecution witness PW3
also told the court that he was charged with the
responsibility of responding to regulatory
enquiries emanating from the bank as well as
government agencies, including EFCC, in respect
of account documents and customers statement’s of account. “My bank received a letter from EFCC requesting
for the transaction schedule of payment in respect
of Abia Government house during Kalu’s
administration which was provided accordingly. “Abia Government House account was open
during the era of Citizen bank, now Heritage
bank, he said. At the resumed hearing of the case on Tuesday,
the prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Jacobs, had re-examined
a second prosecution witness, Mrs Christiana Ohiri,
a bank branch Manager in Umuahia. The witness, who had began her evidence in
March during re-examination, said that she did not
personally meet all the people who carried out
transactions with the 36 bank drafts issued by her
bank. She told the court that no payments were made to
the accused from the Government House account
between 2002 and 2005. When cross-examined by defence counsel, Chief
Gordy Uche (SAN), on a document containing
information about 36 bank drafts issued by the
Umuahia Branch of the bank, the witness said that
no draft was paid by the accused or issued in his
name. She said that the accused did not personally come
to her to purchase any draft and his name was not
included in any of the drafts. After her evidence, the prosecutor had sought for
an adjournment to enable him to proceed with trial
at a later date. He told the court that all efforts to ensure that
another witness was brought to court proved
abortive.