Former National Publicity
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, on
Wednesday, arrived for continuation of his trial before the Abuja Division of
the Federal High Court, in a wheelchair.
Metuh was wheeled into the
courtroom 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, Metuh through his lawyer, Mr. Emeka Etiaba, SAN, applied to be
allowed to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment.
Metuh’s lawyer 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 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.
Recall that Metuh was on February
9, brought to court in an ambulance, after Justice Abang threatened to revoke
his bail and commit him to prison if he failed to appear for his trial.
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