{"id":759226,"date":"2019-12-05T20:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/top-nigerian-senator-guilty-of-stealing-19-6m\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:05:15","slug":"top-nigerian-senator-guilty-of-stealing-19-6m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/top-nigerian-senator-guilty-of-stealing-19-6m\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Nigerian senator guilty of stealing $19.6m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"350\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/nige.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"nige\"\/><\/div>\n<p data-reactid=\".2end9cabt4.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5de8f94210dc73067b735c9b.0.3.0.0:$post_1\">Prominent Nigerian senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of 39 fraud charges amounting to $19.6m (\u00a314.9m).<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2end9cabt4.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5de8f94210dc73067b735c9b.0.3.0.0:$post_2\">Kalu is a member of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s All Progressives Congress and a chief whip in the federal parliament\u2019s upper house.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2end9cabt4.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5de8f94210dc73067b735c9b.0.3.0.0:$post_3\">He was accused, along with a company he controlled and another individual, of diverting state money while he was the governor of the south-eastern Abia state between 1999 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2end9cabt4.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5de8f94210dc73067b735c9b.0.3.0.0:$post_4\">The charges were brought by the country\u2019s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the case began in 2007.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2end9cabt4.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5de8f94210dc73067b735c9b.0.3.0.0:$post_5\">Kalu appeared shaken in court and asked officials not to handcuff him as they led him out, The Punch newspaper reports.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2end9cabt4.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5de8f94210dc73067b735c9b.0.3.0.0:$post_6\">President Buhari has pledged to stamp out corruption, but has achieved mixed success.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2end9cabt4.3.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1:$post-5de8f94210dc73067b735c9b.0.3.0.0:$post_6\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.1&appId=1201200913327594&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prominent Nigerian senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of 39 fraud charges amounting to $19.6m (\u00a314.9m). 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