Orji Uzor Kalu: 3 mistakes that likely landed former governor in jail
After a 12-year trial, a former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Thursday, December 5, sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted by the Federal High Court in Lagos over N7.1bn fraud. Kalu, who is a serving senator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Abia North senatorial district has been facing trial for over a decade after he was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly carting away billions of naira while he served as Abia state governor. Following the surprising conviction of Orji Kalu, Legit.ng highlights three costly mistakes that may have led to the current ordeal of the former governor. 1. Merging family business with government business One of the errors Kalu made which later came back to haunt him was that during his tenure as governor of Abia state between 1999 and 2007, he involved a family company in government business. During his sentence o