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A former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre by the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS).
Kalu was released this evening in obedience to yesterday’s order of a Federal High Court in Lagos.
The NCoS spokesman, DCC Austin Njoku, who confirmed the development, said the senator was released at 5.05pm.
He said, “Ex-governor Orji Kalu was released from custody at exactly 5.05pm on Wednesday. He was discharged after we received the court warrant on his release.”
Kalu was jailed for 12 years on December 5, last year after he was convicted of N7.1 billion fraud alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, and a former Director of Finance in Abia State Government House, Jones Udeogu.
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