The trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, which has been on suspension for about six months is to resume on Tuesday (today) before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Justice Okon Abang ruled that the application to stay proceedings in the matter and challenging the refusal to release his international passport lacks merit and refused them.
The trial had been suspended for six months due to interlocutory applications by the defence.
Justice Abang ruled, “The coast is now clear for the
resumption of the trial that was suspended to abide the outcome of the
application dated March 17, 2017. The application has been dismissed.
“In the light of this, the matter is adjourned until 1 pm on June 20, 2017, for further hearing of the first defendant’s case.”The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Metuh and his company, Destra Investments Limited on seven count charge for fraud and money laundering charges involving the sums of $2million and N400million which they received unjustifiably from the Office of the NSA in 2014 to fund the PDP 2015 presidential campaign.
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