- The UK chapter of the APC accuses Olisa Metuh of trying to play the justice system after embezzling Nigeria's N400m
- Metuh’s lawyer says his client’s health has badly deteriorated
The United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, of playing out a Nollywood drama in court by claiming to be seriously ill.
The party made the allegation in reference to a video where the former PDP spokesperson was brought to court in a wheelchair, surrounded by aides and medical personnel.
The APC said Metuh was trying to play the justice system after embezzling Nigeria's N400 million.
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Watch the video posted by APC United Kingdom below:
NAIJ.com had reported that Olisa Metuh, who is facing corruption charges, on Wednesday, March 14, arrived for continuation of his trial before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, in a wheelchair.
Vanguard reports that Metuh was wheeled into the courtroom to continue his defence to the seven-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred against him and his firm, Destra Investment Limited.
NAIJ.com gathered that the 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.
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The agency alleged that the fund was electronically wired from an account that ONSA operated with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Metuh, via account no. 0040437573, which his firm operated with Diamond Bank Plc.
Meanwhile, at the resumed proceeding on Wednesday, Metuh through his lawyer, 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 deteriorated in the past two months, a situation he said 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 emphasised the need for Metuh to be treated urgently.
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Source: Naija.ng
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