The former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Tuesday, asked a federal high court in Lagos to grant him bail on grounds of ill health.
Orji Uzor Kalu had filed an application for bail pending the hearing of an appeal suit challenging his conviction.
The former governor said he is battling serious health challenges that cannot be handled in the prison.
The anti-graft agency argued that bail is for accused persons on the presumption of being innocent, but since the former Governor has been convicted, he can no longer enjoy such privilege.
Kalu was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment over N7.16 billion fraud by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on December 5
We reports that Justice Mohammed Idris convicted Kalu on 39 counts of N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He was then sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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