Nigeria, July 1 -- Barely a month after his release from prison, the chief whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has proposed amendments to the Criminal Justice Act of 2015.

The bill titled 'Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 (amendment) Bill', 2020 was read for the first time on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday.

The former Abia State governor was released from the Kuje Correctional Centre having spent about six months there. He was convicted and sentenced for money laundering to the tune of N7.1 billion by Lagos federal high court in December.

Mr Kalu, who stood trial alongside Ude Udeogu, a former director of finance and account in Abia, was sentenced by Justice Mohammed Idris, who as of then had been elevated to the court of a...