Senate President, AHMAD LAWAN, led other principal officers to welcome back one of their members, Senator ORJI UZOR KALU, from the Correctional Service in Kuje, Abuja.

KALU, a former governor of Abia State, who is the current Chief Whip of the Senate and others, was in December last year, convicted and sentenced for N7.1bn fraud.

Justice MOHAMMED IDRIS, who was elevated to the Court of Appeal bench, had returned to the Federal High Court in Lagos to complete the case, which started in 2007.

The Federal High Court led Justice MOHAMMED LIMAN before whom the applicant’s motion was pending, however, granted the prayer of the applicant, and ordered his release from the Kuje prison custody on Tuesday.