The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has condemned the indefinite adjournment of the trial of former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu by a Federal High Court Justice sitting in Lagos.

CACOL said this in a statement made available to DAILY POST by its Media and Publications Officer, Ikenna Aghagbobi, on behalf of the Centre’s Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran on Friday.

“We recall that despite the gravity of the charges levelled against him, Kalu was recently granted permission to travel abroad for medical attention while other corruption suspects facing lighter charges were denied the same privilege.

“It has also been observed that Orji Kalu and his team of lawyers long ago mastered the act of frustrating the judicial system through the application of various schemes and antics to ensure that his case gets stalled or forgotten since they do not have enough evidence to debunk the fraud allegations”.

“Our prayer is that the case must not be transferred to a new judge but instead left with Justice Muhammed Idris even as a judge of the appellate court.

“We, therefore, demand that the EFCC’s prosecution counsel applies for a fresh fiat to enable Justice Idris conclude this controversial case which is about to drag on without end.”