{"id":18727,"date":"2020-06-04T09:32:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T09:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18727"},"modified":"2020-06-04T09:32:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T09:32:34","slug":"kalu-regains-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18727","title":{"rendered":"Kalu regains freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Kalu-regains-freedom.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A former Governor of Abia State,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/you-cant-get-away-with-a-stolen-mandate-abia-pdp-tells-orji-uzor-kalu\/\">Orji Uzor Kalu<\/a>, has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kalu, who was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for fraud and money laundering on December 5 last year, was released at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Mohammad Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, had on Tuesday ordered his release of from the correctional facility after the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/supreme-court-judgment-on-orji-uzor-kalus-case-is-a-license-to-plunder-lawyer\/\">Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;had set aside his conviction and ordered the retrial of the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Governor of Abia State,&nbsp;Orji Uzor Kalu, has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja. 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