Olisa Metuh Regains Freedom After 10 Months In Prison [Photos]

Hamilton Nwosa
Writer

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By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research & Data Desk)

A former spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh was released from Kuje prison Thursday after spending 10 months in the correctional facility.

He was freed following the order of the Appeal Court which quashed the seven years jail term handed over him by a Federal High Court in Abuja because of bias from the judge.

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Olisa Metuh Regains Freedom After 10 Months In Prison [Photos]

Metuh was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), along with his company Destra Investment Limited, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

He was charged with seven counts of illegally receiving monies to the tune of N400 million from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), under Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

On February 25, 2020, Justice Abang convicted and sentenced the former PDP spokesman to seven years imprisonment.

But Justice Stephen Adah, who led a three-man Appeal Court panel nullified Metuh’s sentence on grounds that Justice Abang was bias in delivering judgement against him and his company, Destra investment.

Olisa Metuh Regains Freedom After 10 Months In Prison [Photos]

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