Counsel to Olisa Metuh, the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), has informed a Federal High Court in Abuja about how his client collapsed during church service and is now bedridden at the National Hospital in Abuja.
The lawyer told the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang that Metuh was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed while rising to sing in his church in Abuja on Sunday.
However, prosecuting counsel, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, said the court should disregard the submission of the defence lawyer, saying that the reason he gave for the absence of Metuh in the court was flimsy.
He said that since there was no medical report to buttress such statement, the court should go ahead with the proceedings.
Metuh is being prosecuted along with his company, Destra Investment Limited, for offences relating to separate transactions of N400m and $2m.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Metuh and Destra Investment Limited on seven counts, including fraud involving N400 million which he allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) in 2014 without any justification. [myad]
