The former Abia State governor had been jailed for about six months at the correctional service after he was convicted and sentenced for money laundering.
The Senate’s chief whip, Orji Kalu, on Tuesday resumed legislative duties about a week after he was released from prison for alleged fraud.
Mr Kalu, who stood trial alongside Ude Udeogu, a former director of finance and account in Abia, was sentenced by Justice Mohammed Idris, who as of then had been elevated to the court of ppeal bench, in a legal tussle that started in 2007. In a judgement read by Justice Mohammed Liman at the Lagos court, the correctional centre was ordered to release Mr Kalu from its Kuje facility in Abuja last Tuesday. The centre obeyed the next day.
“I just want to thank God for everything that has happened. It is the will of God. I want to urge Nigerians to keep hope alive,” he told journalists as he approached the Senate chamber entrance.
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