Dr Ahmed Lawan, the Senate President has today led a delegation of senior officers to the house of the Senate’s chief whip, Orji-Uzor Kalu of his return from Prison.
After spending 6 months behind bars, following his incarceration for N7.2bn fraud in December, Kalu was allowed to go few days ago. Anaedoonline.com reports.
His release was declared by the Supreme Court nullifying his imprisonment and ordering a retrial by the federal high court in Lagos.
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Others on the delegation include Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Deputy Whip, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu was finally released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja after the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered his released yesterday.
The former Abia Governor was jailed for 12 years on December 5, 2019, after he was found guilty of N7.1bn fraud alongside a former Director of Finance at the Abia State Government House, Jones Udeogu.
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However, the Supreme Court, in a May 8, 2020 judgment, nullified the trial and conviction of Kalu and others on the grounds that the judge who handled the case lacked jurisdiction.
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