Senate Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Saturday, stormed the Kuje correctional centre, in Abuja, months after his release.
Igbere TV reports that Senator Kalu arrived the Kuje centre unannounced in the company of others at about 1pm and left at about 5:15pm.
Our correspondent reports that the Abia North senator was at the correctional centre to visit the inmates and also inspect the solar electric power he donated to the Kuje community.
Igbere TV recalls that while being held at the correctional centre, Senator Kalu had donated a solar electric power to Kuje to connect the worship centres.
The lightening project was extended to both the churches and mosques to enhance the worship as well as other daily activities of both the inmates and prison staff.
Kalu had initiated the solar project for the Kuje correctional centre, by way of finding a lasting solution to the electricity supply problem in the community.
The project is said to be an inmates-financed project until now. It was cost at a whooping sum of N27 million, which was considered too exorbitant and was nearly abandoned.
During his short stay at the Kuje centre, however, Senator Orji Kalu was said to have donated N21 million naira towards the solar project.
Kalu’s arrival on Saturday erupted joy amongst both the inmates and staff, with many of them chanting “Kalu for President 2023”. Many of the inmates hailed his continued welfare initiatives despite leaving the correctional centre.
Senator Orji Kalu who spoke with some of the Kuje staff, also reiterated his commitment to reforms as well as welfare of the correctional centre.
Some of the staff and inmates who spoke under the condition of anonymity, expressed their desire for Kalu to become the next Nigerian president in 2023.
The excited inmates and Kuje staff described the Senator as a true nationalist who carries the welfare of all Nigerians at heart.
During his short stay at the Kuje centre, Kalu had extended his philanthropic gesture towards scores of the inmates by paying their legal fees.
Many who could not meet their bail conditions, Senator Orji Kalu personally helped to perfect the conditions and ensured their freedom.
He also fed inmates, paid for medicine supply for those who were sick, and upgraded power supply in the prison from its epileptic state to more than 18 hours per day.
