Senate Sends High-Powered Delegation To Visit Orji Kalu

In show of solidarity, the leadership of the Senate has despatched a high-powered team of lawmakers to visit Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu who was on Thursday released from Nigeria Correctional Service facility.

The Senate President Ahmad Lawan led the delegation on Thursday night to visit the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in his Aso Villa residence, Abuja.

Others who have earlier paid him a courtesy visit are Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonna Onu; Deputy Chief Whip House of Reps, Hon. Nkiru Onyeojecha, former CBN deputy governor Chief George Muoghalu we’re part of the early callers.

The Senate President and principal officers arrived Kalu’s home at about 7 pm after which they proceeded for a private meeting with Kalu.

Recall that Sen. Kalu who Lawan’s classmate in the University of Maiduguri

Lawmakers who were at the visit include Ovie Omo-Agege , Senate Deputy President; Abdullahi Yahaya, senate leader; Ajayi Borrofice, deputy senate leader; Sabi Abdullahi, deputy whip; Philip Aduda, minority whip and Sahabi Ya’u, the deputy minority whip, Senator Chuka Utazi, Enugu North.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Kalu and Ude Jones Udeogu, a former director of finance and account of Abia state on 36 counts of money laundering to the tune of N7.1 billion and they were jailed in December.

On May 8, the supreme court nullified the trial of Kalu’s co-conviction.

The apex court held that Mohammed Idris, the trial judge who had been elevated to the court of appeal at the time of the case, ought not to have presided over the matter while he was an appeal court judge.