Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja where he was serving a 12-year sentence following an order to that effect by the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Justice Mohammad Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered his release on Tuesday following his conviction last December for alleged looting of N7.65b belonging to Abia State.
He was released around 7:30pm.
The Nation
