Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu was on Wednesday released from the Nigerian Correctional Service’ custody in Kuje, Abuja.
This followed yesterday’s order of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordering the immediate release of the former Governor of Abia.
Justice Mohammed Liman, who ordered Kalu’s release, did so by complying with the judgment of the Supreme court which quashed the 12-year jail term imposed on him last December 5 by Justice Mohammed Idris.
The original Supreme Court judgement which quashed the December 2019 conviction and consequential sentence only covers the Appellant, Mr. Ude Jones Udeogu, who challenged the propriety of a Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Mohammed Idris to try him.
Justice Mohammed Liman has now given effect to the said Supreme Court judgment as it concerns Mr. Uzor Kalu.
See below more photos of the former Abia state governor walking out of the prison facility: