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BREAKING NEWS: Court Orders Orji Kalu's Release From Prison
Jun 2, 2020
A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the release of Orji Kalu, former Abia state governor, from prison.
Mohammed Liman, judge of the federal high court in Lagos, had fixed June 2 to hear of a motion on notice filed by Kalu, seeking release from prison.
In his application, the former governor asked the court to order his release from the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Kuje, Abuja, following the nullification of his conviction by the supreme court.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Kalu and Ude Jones Udeogu, a former director of finance and account of Abia state on 36 counts of money laundering to the tune of N7.1 billion.
On December 5, 2019, Kalu was sentence to 12 years imprisonment while Udeogu got a 10-year sentence.
On May 8, the supreme court nullified the trial of Kalu and others. The apex court held that Mohammed Idris, the trial judge who had been elevated to the court of appeal at the time of the case, ought not to have presided over the matter while he was appeal court judge.
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