Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

N400m ONSA Scam: Court Orders Metuh to Appear on Feb. 5 or Risk Jail

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday, January 25, 2018 threatened to revoke the bail granted Olisa Metuh, a former National spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should he fail to appear in court on February 5, 2018 to stand his trial. He has been absent in court since Monday without lawful excuse, a development the judge said “is enough to revoke his bail”. Metuh is standing trial alongside his company, Destra Investment Limited, on a 7-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N400million, a sum he allegedly collected…