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Photos: Kalu Walks Out of Prison

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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.

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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