- Court admits him to N250m bail
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja after ten months in custody following a court judgment that voided his conviction.
The Federal High Court, Abuja, admitted Metuh in the sum of N250 million bail.
The presiding judge, Justice Nkeonye Maha gave the order, in a ruling, following a Motion on Notice filed on Dec. 21 by a team of lawyers led by Dr. Oyechi Ikpeazu, counsel to Metuh.
A Federal High Court in Abuja had on February 25 jailed him for 39 years after he was convicted of money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which accused him of illegally receiving N400 million from the office of the National Security Adviser.
His conviction was however nullified by a Court of Appeal on December 16.
Ruling on the appeal filed by Metuh, the appellate court held that the judge, Okon Abang, exhibited bias in the case of the former PDP spokesman.
