A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa
Metuh, arrived the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of his ongoing
corruption trial on a stretcher after being taken down from an
ambulance.
Mr. Metuh’s lawyer had, at the last adjourned date, informed the
court presided by Justice Okon Abang that his client was at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe specialist hospital for treatment on spinal cord
complications.
The lawyers, led by Onyeachi Ikpeazu, asked for a long
adjournment after presenting the hospital’s medical report on Mr.
Metuh’s health condition.
But Mr. Abang refused the application for a long adjournment and
threatened to allow the application made by the prosecution for the
revocation of Mr. Metuh’s bail if Mr. Metuh was not in court on
Monday.
However, on seeing the spokesperson in court on a stretcher on
Monday morning, the judge adjourned the matter till March 15.
Olisa Metuh Appears In Court On
Stretcher
“I have seen the condition that the first defendant is. Seeing
the condition, I am inclined to adjourn this matter to allow the
first defendant attend his trial”.
Hired guards surrounded the PDP spokesperson, preventing
journalists from getting his picture on the stretcher.
Details later…
A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa
Metuh, arrived the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of his ongoing
corruption trial on a stretcher after being taken down from an
ambulance.
Mr. Metuh’s lawyer had, at the last adjourned date, informed the
court presided by Justice Okon Abang that his client was at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe specialist hospital for treatment on spinal cord
complications.
The lawyers, led by Onyeachi Ikpeazu, asked for a long
adjournment after presenting the hospital’s medical report on Mr.
Metuh’s health condition.
But Mr. Abang refused the application for a long adjournment and
threatened to allow the application made by the prosecution for the
revocation of Mr. Metuh’s bail if Mr. Metuh was not in court on
Monday.
However, on seeing the spokesperson in court on a stretcher on
Monday morning, the judge adjourned the matter till March 15.
Olisa Metuh Appears In Court On
Stretcher
“I have seen the condition that the first defendant is. Seeing
the condition, I am inclined to adjourn this matter to allow the
first defendant attend his trial”.
Hired guards surrounded the PDP spokesperson, preventing
journalists from getting his picture on the stretcher.
Details later…
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