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A former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after he was found guilty of N7.65bn fraud by Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
His company, Slok Nigeria Ltd, was ordered to be forfeited to the federal government.
The court found the second convict, his former commissioner for finance, Jonnes udeogo guilty of 34 counts.
Mr Kalu, who was Abia governor between 1999 and 2007, was re-arraigned in July last year on a 39-count amended charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were first arraigned in 2007 before Justice Adamu Bello but several adjournments and transfer of judges stalled the trial.
The court initially fixed December 2 to deliver judgment but, last Friday, announced that the judgment would be delivered today.