The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on
Tuesday returned the case file of former National Publicity Secretary of the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, to the Federal High Court in
Abuja, preparatory for his fresh trial on corruption charges.
The case file was returned to the court by the anti-graft
agency in compliance with the Supreme Court judgment that ordered Metuh’s
retrial on alleged money laundering related offences involving N400 million.
The case file with bundles of documents
and exhibits were sighted when brought to the court by EFCC officials in the prosecution
unit.
Our correspondent observed that the case file was
accompanied with a letter by one Silvanus Tahir asking for a date from the
Federal High Court for Metuh’s fresh arraignment after the court’s yearly
vacation.
The charge with reference number FHC/ABJ/CR/05/2016 signed
by Sylvanus Tahir on behalf of EFCC has seven-count criminal charges against
Metuh.
It was observed that it was the same charges used by
EFCC to secure Metuh’s imprisonment at the high court by Justice Okon Abang
before the conviction was set aside by the Supreme Court on technological
ground.
Details later…
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