Why Senate did not declare Kalu's seat vacant, by Lawan - The Nation Nigeria

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Kalu, as Senate Chief Whip, was sentenced to 12-year imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for fraud he allegedly committed while he was the Governor of Abia between 1999 and 2007.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday explained why the Senate refused to declare Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s seat vacant during the period of his incarceration.

Kalu spent six months in the Correctional Facility before he eventually regained his freedom and returned to the Senate following the Supreme Court’s judgement, which nullified his conviction on grounds of lack of jurisdiction by the trial judge. “We came under pressure, of course. But we thought the right thing to do was to keep that seat, that position until he was able to get his judgement.

Looking at the bi-partisan composition of the group, the Senate President commended the leaders for the unity and understanding among them and their followers.

 

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