Metuh Arrives Court In Wheelchair, Begs To Travel To UK For Treatment


Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh, on Wednesday, arrived the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, in a wheelchair, for the continuation of his trial. He was at the court to continue his defence of the seven-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred against him and his firm, Destra Investment Limited.

EFCC alleged that he had before the 2015 Presidential election, received N400million from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) without executing any contract. At the resumed proceeding on Wednesday, counsel to Metuh, Emeka Etiaba (SAN) applied to be allowed to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. Etiaba told the court that his client’s health had badly worsned in the past two months.

He said the situation would require urgent medical attention from his doctors in London. He tendered as an exhibit, a letter from one Dr. Adrian T. H. Kasey, a Neurosurgeon at Wellington Hospital in London, which he said emphasized the need for Metuh to be treated urgently.

However, trial Justice Okon Abang requested both the prosecution and defence lawyers to address him on whether the court could grant Metuh’s request considering that he previously dismissed two similar applications on May 25, 2016 and on February, 2017.
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