Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. Facebook
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that it won’t stop the corruption case involving a former governor of Abia state, Orji Kalu, despite defecting to the All Progressives Party (APC).
Spokesperson for the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said this on Tuesday during his appearance on Channels.
The EFCC had charged Kalu with fraud allegations running into billions of naira when he served as governor of Abia state.
Uwujaren, however, maintained that the alleged corruption case against the former governor is ongoing, stressing that joining the APC folk has no effect on the matter.
He said, “Yes, Orji Kalu has left the PDP to APC; but that does not mean that his case under prosecution has stopped. I can recall that on May 11, the prosecution closed its case in that matter.
“That case is going on and I don’t see how political association can affect the matter that is being prosecuted in court. It has nothing to do with the corruption allegations against him.”
The EFCC spokesman further responded to the allegations of a one-sided anti-corruption fight and asked Nigerians to be wary of the credibility of such accusation.
He explained that the anti-graft agency goes through a process before a case can be prosecuted and such is based on the strength of the evidence it has.
Uwujaren noted that those who are being prosecuted by the EFCC are used to crying foul, insisting that nobody is being prosecuted because he or she belongs to a particular political party.