{"id":25336,"date":"2020-05-20T18:22:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=25336"},"modified":"2020-05-20T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T18:23:00","slug":"court-to-hear-kalus-quest-for-freedom-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/court-to-hear-kalus-quest-for-freedom-june-2","title":{"rendered":"Court to hear Kalu\u2019s quest for freedom June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Federal High Court, Lagos, Wednesday fixed June 2 for the hearing of an application filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu seeking his release from prison.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mohammed Idris had on December 5 last year sentenced the former governor to 12 years imprisonment for fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Supreme Court on May 8 quashed Kalu\u2019s conviction by the lower court and ordered a fresh trial on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In a motion filed on May 12, the ex-governor is contending that no legal basis exists for his continued incarceration following the Supreme Court\u2019s judgment which declared his trial a nullity and freed Jonas Udeogu who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the same offence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Federal High Court, Lagos, Wednesday fixed June 2 for the hearing of an application filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu seeking his release from prison. Justice Mohammed Idris had on December 5 last year sentenced the former governor to 12 years imprisonment for fraud and money laundering. 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