Orji Kalu was never listed as the Director of Slok ―Witness

Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos was on Wednesday was told by a witness brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Toyosi Ekorhi, that the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu was never listed as one of the Directors of Slok Nigeria Ltd.

Orji Kalu is standing trial alongside a company, Slok Nigeria Limited and two others in a money laundering charge brought against them by the EFCC.

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The witness who is a compliance officer at the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), also informed Justice Idris that the financial institution forwarded everything concerning the account status of Slok Nigeria Ltd to the anti-graft agency in response to an enquiry over same from the anti-graft agency about two months ago.

Ekorhi insisted that the documents were retrieved from the archives of the defunct Inland Bank Plc., but that she had no knowledge of the content of the said documents because she was never a staff at the dead bank.

She equally told Justice Idris that the statement of account of the company sent to the Commission covered transactions done between August 27, 2008 and November 12, 2012.

But Ekorhi said she knew nothing about the transactions which according to her were done in Finbank Plc.

In addition, the witness argued that the second defendant, Udeh Jones Udeogu, was never a signatory to the account of the company.

The matter has been adjourned until June 8, 2017 for continuation of trial.