Olisa Metuh after his release
News just reaching Naij.com have it that the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Chief Olisa Metuh has been released on bail.
Metuh who
is facing a seven counts of money laundering involving the sum of N400m, part of the $2.1bn arms fund which he allegedly collected from the office of the National Security Adviser was granted bail in the sum of N300m and two sureties in like sum by a Federal High Court in Abuju on Friday, January 22, but was remanded in prison pending him fulfilling his bail condition.
The arrest and handcuffing of the embattled PDP spokesman has generated backlash from members of the opposition who have accused the President Muhammadu Buhariof using the anti-corruption agencies and other institutions of state to subject accused persons like Metuh to inhuman treatment.
The PDP has described the cuffing of Metuh while he appeared in court as an action meant to deride the party as well as taint the party as a party of corrupt individuals even when they were yet to be convicted by any competent court.
But the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has defended the manner metuh was treated stating that putting handcuffs on Metuh was at the discretion of the prison officer, who supervised his court appearance and that it was within the law.
The Federal High Court has adjourned Olisa Metuh’s case to Thursday, February 4, for continuation of trial.
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