Olisa Metuh, former national publicity secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been released from Kuje prison after ten
months in custody.
Metuh left the prison in Abuja on Thursday following the
court judgment that voided his conviction.
A federal high court in Abuja had on February 25 jailed him
for 39 years after he was convicted of money laundering.
Okon Abang, a judge, had found the former PDP spokesman
guilty of the seven-count charge filed against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which accused him of illegally receiving
N400 million from the office of the national security adviser.
His conviction was, however, nullified by a court of appeal
on December 16.
Metuh walking out of prison
Ruling on an appeal filed by Metuh, the appellate court held
that Okon Abang, a judge, exhibited bias in the case of the former PDP
spokesman.
“The narrative of the trial judge suggest someone who didn’t
enjoy trying the appellant and counsel because he said they were picking on
him,” Stephen Adah who read the court’s decision, said.
“He was struggling
with the case and even wished that he should be recused out of the case. The
influence from this narrative is indisputably to say the least that a trial
judge was angered only in his mind that he was wrongly influenced and showed
bias against the appellant in this case as this is what manifests from all the
outburst, he has infused in his judgment.”
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