The former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, is to be re-arraigned on May 30, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said in a statement on Monday.
Wilson Uwujaren, the Head Media and Publicity of the Commission, said Metu will be facing charges bordering on N400 million fraud he allegedly Committee against the Federal Government.
According to the statement, Metuh is expected to be re-arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of Federal High Court, Abuja.
Judiciary sources told The Network, that hearing notices had already been issued, though it could not confirm if counsel to the parties had been communicated
“On Feb.1,, the retrial of the ex-PDP spokesman had been reassigned to Nwite, a new judge in the Abuja division.”
It was learned that before the reassignment, the matter was before a sister judge, Obiora Egwuatu.
The matter was assigned to Justice Egwuatu last year, following his transfer to Abuja division of the court.
Egwatu had fixed Oct. 14, 2021, for Metuh’s re-arraignment after the Court of Appeal’s decision which nullified the trial court’s judgment. But on the adjourned date, the judge was not in court.”
The judge was said to have gone for the judges’ seminar in Lagos State and therefore, fixed Feb. 15 for the former PDP spokesman’s retrial.
