{"id":752592,"date":"2019-11-26T18:37:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/26\/court-fixes-february-25-to-rule-on-metuhs-n400m-fraud-case\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T18:37:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:37:01","slug":"court-fixes-february-25-to-rule-on-metuhs-n400m-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/26\/court-fixes-february-25-to-rule-on-metuhs-n400m-fraud-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Fixes February 25 To Rule On Metuh&#8217;s N400m Fraud Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_644866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-644866\" style=\"width: 547px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-644866\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/efcc-has-frozen-all-my-accounts-i-cant-feed-my-family-ex-pdp-spokesman-metuh-cries-out.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"379\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-644866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oliseh Metuh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A federal high court in Abuja has fixed February 25, 2020, for judgement in the trial case of former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh.<\/p>\n<p>The date was fixed on Tuesday by the presiding judge, Okon Abang, after lawyers in the matter adopted their final written addresses.<\/p>\n<p>Metuh has been standing trial alongside his company, Destra Investment Ltd, after being arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) on a seven-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N400m.<\/p>\n<p>Abel Ozioko, Metuh\u2019s lawyer, while adopting his final address asked the court to discharge his client on the grounds that the allegations against him were not proved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: EFCC Has Frozen All My Accounts, I Can\u2019t Feed My Family: Ex-PDP Spokesman, Metuh Cries Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tochukwu Onwugbufor, counsel representing Destra investment, also argued that the prosecution failed to prove the alleged offences.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sylvanus Tahir, the EFCC counsel, said the allegations have been proved \u201dbeyond a reasonable doubt\u201d, and asked the court to pass a guilty verdict on the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Abang then fixed February 25 to judgement.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliseh Metuh A federal high court in Abuja has fixed February 25, 2020, for judgement in the trial case of former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh. 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