Nations: Nawaikula home for Christmas

Former parliamentarian Niko Nawaikula is home for Christmas after he was released from prison yesterday.

The Social Liberal Democratic Party (SODELPA) MP spent a year and a half in prison after he was jailed last May after falsely stating that his permanent address was in Buca Village in Buca Bay, Bua in Vanua Levu and obtained more than $20000 in parliamentary allowances.

Nawaikula was sentenced to three years imprisonment with one year suspended.

“I don’t feel happy coming back because I’m so used to being confined,” he said.

“I can’t fit in very well with the crowd, so this will take time.”

He said being imprisoned was a blessing because it allowed him to help inmates who needed assistance.

“It’s very sad because you normally look down on them.

You don’t see the person. You see the offence.”

He said that during his term in prison he helped other prisoners get released.

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