Kalu gets June 2 date for freedom battle
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed June 2 to hear an application by a former Abia State governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, seeking his release from prison.Orji is serving a 12-year jail term at the Correctional Service Centre in Kuje, Abuja for looting N7.65billion belonging to Abia State.
The Senate’s Chief Whip has hired a 12-man team of lawyers, including six Senior Advocates of Nigeria s, to prosecute his freedom bid.Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court, last December 5, convicted Kalu and a former Director of Finance in theFollowing Udeogu’s appeal, the Supreme Court on May 8 held that the fiat issued to Justice Idris to conclude the case after he had been elevated to the Court of Appeal was “a nullity”.It ordered Udeogu’s freedom and the retrial of his case.
Kalu is contending that no legal basis exists for his continued incarceration following the Supreme Court’s judgment which declared his trial a nullity and freed Udeogu.
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