Court grants Metuh N300m bail for allegedly tearing his statement to EFCC

A Federal High Court in Abuja today granted
PDP's National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh,
N300 million bail over allegations of destroying a
statement he wrote in the EFCC head office.
Metuh was arraigned in court by the EFCC
yesterday January 21st on a two-count charge of
destroying evidence to be used against him in a
separate trial he is facing relating to the N2.1
billion arms deal fraud.
One of the counts 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.”
Metuh pleaded not guilty to the accusation. The
presiding judge, Justice Ishaq Bello, then granted
him bail in the sum of N300m and two sureties in
like sum. Justice Bello refused Metuh's counsel,
Onyechi Ikpeazu's application to grant him bail on
self recognition.