Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja was allegedly Olisah Metuh's classmateat the Nigerian Law School and that, they had met few weeks before his trail commenced before the judge.
The revelations were made on Thursday during Metuh's trial. Justice Abang noted that Metuh has written, through his lawyer, Emeka Etiaba (SAN), to the court’s Chief Judge, Justice Ibrahim Auta, raising sundry accusations against him (Justice Abang) and seeking the transfer of the case to another judge.
Justice Abang said, ''On the 16th of March 2016, at about 4pm, the honourable Chief Judge of this court forwarded a copy of the letter written by Emeka Etiaba (SAN), for the defence, praying the honourable Chief Judge to transfer this case to another judge, eight witnesses having been called, the no-case application of the defendant having been dismissed for lacking in merit.
“I want to say that I have a circular issued by my employer, the National Judicial Council (NJC) to the effect that where there is a petition in a matter, seeking the transfer of the case to another judge, the judge handling the case shall continue to preside over the matter until a decision is taken by the authority to which the petition was addressed.
“On the account of this circular, I shall continue to preside over this matter until the honourable Chief Judge takes a decision on Mr. Etiaba’s petition''. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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