Prison expertise taught me priceless classes – Orji Uzor Kalu

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By Linda Ikeji
10 November 2026, 1:32 pm

Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that his six-month imprisonment basically reshaped his perspective on life, describing the confinement as a useful interval for reflection, studying, and private humility.

Speaking throughout an look on Arise Television, the previous Abia State governor maintained that regardless of disagreeing together with his preliminary conviction, he harbors no regrets over the ordeal.

“I give kudos to people that sent me there because it’s like going to school. And I graduated there, and I’m very happy I went there,” Kalu stated.

Kalu was initially convicted in December 2019 by a Federal High Court in Lagos on a 39-count cost involving an alleged N7.1 billion fraud, leading to a 12-year jail sentence. However, the Supreme Court nullified the ruling in May 2020 on the grounds that the trial choose lacked jurisdiction following elevation to the Court of Appeal. He was subsequently launched from the Kuje Correctional Centre after serving roughly six months.

Addressing broader perceptions of the judicial course of in the course of the interview, Kalu acknowledged ongoing public considerations however emphasised that litigants dissatisfied with authorized outcomes ought to make the most of the upper courts to hunt correct redress.