Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Metuh Engages New Lawyer in N400m Fraud Case

The trial of a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, witnessed a new twist on March 13, 2019 as his counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, SAN, told a Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Okon Abang, that his client had written a letter of disengagement to his law firm. It will be recalled that at the proceedings of March 5, 2019 Ikpeazu had brought before the court, an application seeking to withdraw from the case citing “immense pressure”. Ikpeazu and Emeka Etiaba, SAN had been leading the defence of Metuh since January 2016 when he was arraigned, but in the sa…