A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the National Publicity
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh, N400
million bail and two sureties. Metuh, who was brought to court from Kuje Prison with handcuffs on
Tuesday, had last week applied for bail after claiming innocence of the
N400 million fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, in his ruling, said the defendant
is presumed innocent until proven guilty and therefore deserves bail. Justice Abang went further to list the conditions for the bail
including; a bail bond of N400 million, two sureties, who must be
resident in Abuja and owners of a property in Maitama, Abuja, with
statutory registration of occupancy.
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