A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria will today commence the hearing of application filed by team of lawyers on behalf of former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu to secure his release.
This follows the Supreme Court judgment of May 8, 2020 which declared that the Judge who sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment had no jurisdiction to do so.
Orji is serving a 12-year jail term at the Correctional Service Centre in Kuje, Abuja for looting N7.65billion belonging to the Abia State Government.
The former Governor now a Senator of the Federal Republic
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