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Mao Ohuabunwa, a former senator from Abia state, has said that Uzor Orji Kalu, the senate chief whip, has a case to answer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and therefore cannot be the nation’s next senate president.
Kalu, in March, declared that it is his turn to be senate president, urging the All Progressives Congress (APC), his party, to zone the office to the south-east.
Recall that the EFCC, in 2019, arraigned the former Abia state governor and Ude Jones Udeogu, a former director of finance and accountant, on 36 counts of money laundering to the tune of N7.1 billion.
Kalu, on December 5, 2019, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while Udeogu got a 10-year sentence.
However, the supreme court later nullified the trial of Kalu and his co-convicts.
The apex court held that Mohammed Idris, the trial judge, who had been elevated to the court of appeal at the time of the case, ought not to have presided over the matter while he was an appeal court judge.
Ohuabunwa, while speaking on Monday, April 10, said that Kalu is not competent to become the next senate president.
He said that, “I will feel terrible if Kalu becomes the senate president.
“This is because I don’t believe that he is competent to represent the senate.
“Kalu has so much baggage with him so he cannot become the president of the senate.
“He still has an EFCC case in court. Don’t forget that he was also convicted.
“He wasn’t discharged. I am wondering why the EFCC is still holding back on that prosecution,” he added.
It is worth noting that Kalu defeated Ohuabunwa to become the senator representing Abia north in 2019.
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