He is being tried alongside his company, Slok Nigeria Limited and the state’s ex-Director of Finance in the State House, Udeh Jones Udeogu before Justice Anwuri Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Kalu and his co-accused are being accused of diverting the state’s funds to the tune of N5.6 billion while they were in office between 1999 and 2007.
Kalu, Slok and Udeogu were first arraigned on July 27, 2007.
Upon their arraignment in 2007, the defendants had challenged the competence of the charge up to the Supreme Court, but los as the apex court ordered them to submit themselves for trial.
