A former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has hired 12 lawyers, including six Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), to secure his release from prison.
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 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 later….
