Posted on: 01:54 Fri, 22 Jan 2016



A Federal Capital Territory High Court in
Maitama, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to the
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, in the sum
of N300m with two sureties in like sum.
The total bail sum is N600m.

Metuh is already on remand in Kuje Prison by an
order of a Federal High Court in Abuja with
respect to charges of money laundering
involving N400m, part of money meant for
procurement of arms, which he collected from
the Office of the National Security Adviser in
November 2014.

Justice Ishaq Bello, before whom Metuh was on
Thursday arraigned on two counts of destruction
of evidence while in the custody of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for
investigation into the money laundering case,
granted fresh bail to the PDP spokesperson on
Friday.

The judge ordered that the residences of the
two sureties to be presented by the accused
should be verified by filing of documents in that
respect before the court.

The application for bail was not opposed
by EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mr. Sylvanus
Tahir.

While arguing the bail application orally on
Friday, Metuh’s lawyer, Mr. Onyechi Ikpeazu
(SAN), anchored the application on provisions of
sections 158 and 162 of the Administration of
Criminal Justice Act, 2015 as well as sections
35 and 36 of the Constitution.

The judge in his ruling agreed with the defence
that the offences the accused was charged with
were bailable and he was presumed innocent
until proved guilty.

Metuh who was produced in court by prison
officials on Friday is still in the process of
fulfilling the N400m bail granted him by Justice
Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja on
Tuesday.