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BREAKING: Orji Kalu Regains Freedom As Prison Authority Releases Him

Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja has released former Abia Governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.

Kalu was serving a 12-year sentence at the correctional facility after he was convicted for looting Abia state treasury.

His release is sequel to an order to an order of the Federal High Court in Lagos.

Also read: JUST IN: Court Orders NSC To Release Orji Uzor Kalu Immediately

Justice Mohammad Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the release of Kalu on Tuesday following his conviction last December for alleged looting of N7.65b belonging to Abia.

He was released around 7:30pm.

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