Former spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh was on Thursday set free from Kuje prison. This followed the nullification of seven-year jail sentence handed down to him by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja. Appeal court held that Justice Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja exhibited bias in
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Appeal Court annuls Metuh’s conviction, sets date for fresh trial
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the conviction and seven years jail term imposed on Olisa Metuh, the former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and his company, Destra Investment Limited. The appellant court had fixed today, Wednesday, December 16, to deliver judgment in Metuh’s consolidated appeals challenging the verdict of
Read moreBREAKING: Metuh, Firm Guilty of First Count in N400m Fraud – Court
Abuja Federal High Court, on Tuesday, convicted a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisah Metuh, and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, of the first of the seven counts instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Ruling on the first count in his judgment, Justice Okon Abang ruled that
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