In spite of the fact that the previous PDP National Secretary charged his previous course mate at the Nigerian Law School of being adversarial to him and furthermore lost an offer to get the case reassigned to another appointed authority, Justice Okon Abang demanded that he did what was best for Metuh and furthermore expected to act without dread or favor.
Prior to administering looking into it, the Federal High Court Judge related how Metuh's legal counselors ''mortified the court'' and even took the issue to global press. Abang additionally revealed that God didn't answer his petition for the case to be reassigned to another adjudicator.
"I can't right now all the negative things I went through right now. God has been so dedicated to me right now. May His name be applauded.
"The convict and his insight, particularly Emeka Etiaba (SAN) and Ikpeazu (SAN), utilized each open door open to them to embarrass the court, composing sad, careless and trivial petitions against the court.
"They even took the issue to the worldwide press. The day the main convict tumbled down, it was disclosed on CNN just to have ridiculous compassion, depicting the court in terrible light.
"It was just God that utilized my close family to support me all through the four years of threatening vibe originating from the group of legal counselors.
"It was just half a month as far as possible of the procedures that the convict and his group of legal counselors started to shield him in court. Prior to at that point, they had completely embarrassed me since I released my capacity without dread or favor.
"I had no one to represent me aside from God that supported me all through this time of threatening vibe allotted to me by the principal convict.
"In any event, during this period, I asked that my manager ought to pull back the record from me however God didn't answer my petitions. I didn't appoint this case to this court, I didn't in any capacity, direct the main convict to disperse open assets.
"At the point when the EFCC applied to court to renounce the bail of the convict since he wasn't in court, I had compassion toward him and didn't repudiate his bail. I allowed him a chance to be in court and suspended the issue to a later date.
"The following appearance, the convict was in a stretcher still, just to depict the court as being unfeeling and brutal in light of the fact that I didn't discharge his global identification for him to go out of the nation – a choice that has been insisted on advance.
"He arrived in a stretcher with no clinical staff aside from the individuals that went with him to court. He requested a month deferment and I allowed him a month and a half. From there on, he offered. The court of advance rejected the intrigue and held that the appointed authority that allowed him a month and a half dismissal when he requested a month, can't be one-sided against him.
"On February 23, 2017, one of the senior advice that showed up for the convict, straightforwardly blamed the court for inclination and applied that the court ought to recuse itself from the issue.
"What's more, on the off chance that one may approach the purpose behind the application, it was on the grounds that I conveyed a decision against the principal convict. The law is settled that a gathering or insight can't in the open court blame the court for predisposition. That is scorn even with the court.
"I would have summarily managed the scholarly senior insight, Ikpeazu, yet having been prepared to have the tolerance of the scriptural Job, I grew tough skin over the derisive direct of Dr. Ikpeazu and permitted him to return home, not out of dread or weakness. The court needed to show development and limitation at that trying period.
"I have excused the primary convict and if there is anything inside my forces to do, I will do. I have additionally pardoned Emeka Etiaba (SAN) that took this issue so close to home against my individual for sitting idle. I have excused Ikpeazu (SAN) too that abused me during this time of threatening vibe."
Equity Okon Abang likewise requested the convict to pay a fine of N375m to the Federal Government. Metuh's firm, Destra Investments was requested to pay N25m to the Federal Government.
The Federal High Court Judge additionally requested the twisting up Destra Investments, conclusion of its records in Diamond Bank and Asset Resource Management, and the relinquishment of the cash in the records to the Federal Government.
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