The embattled national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh- who was granted a N400 million bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja after being arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a seven-count charge of alleged money laundering- has secured another bail.
Olisa Metuh was granted bail again by Justice Ishaq Bello of a Federal High Court in Abuja after he was arraigned by the EFCC for alleged destruction of evidence in the investigation of the $2.1 billion arms scandal.
One of the counts against Metuh read, “Olisa Metuh on the 5th day of January 2016 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory destroyed a document, to wit: a statement made under caution to investigators/operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the 5th of January 2016, with the intention of preventing the same from being produced or used as evidence in a court of law”.
The offence is punishable under Section 166 of the Penal Code Cap 532 laws of the Federation of Nigeria, (Abuja) 2004.
Olisa Metuh pleaded not guilty to the charges in court.
His lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, had asked the court to be lenient in granting Metuh bail while arguing that the accused was presumed innocent by the law until found guilty.
The judge therefore, granted him bail in the sum of N300m and two sureties in similar amount.
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