A former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has employed
the services of 12 lawyers, including six Senior Advocates of Nigeria
(SANs), to secure his release from prison.
TheNation reported that Orji is serving a 12-year jail term at the
Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja for looting N7.65billion belonging to the
Abia State Government.
He has filed a motion on notice against the Federal Government at
the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking to set aside his trial and
conviction of last December 5.
A May 12, 2020 court process seen by The Nation lists his 12-man
team of lawyers as: Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN; Awa U. Kalu SAN; Chris
Uche SAN; Dr. U. Olatoke, SAN; Chef H.O Alolabi, SAN; Sylvester Elema
SAN; Ikoro N. A. Ikoro; Omosanya Popoola; C. Obidike; Nnamdi Awa Kalu;
Vivien Udora and A S. Amire.
In the motion, he argued that no legal basis exists for his
continued incarceration because the Supreme Court on May 8 pronounced
his trial a nullity and freed his co-defendant Jones Udeogu.
Details shortly….
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