Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has been freed from Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja on Thursday, December 24, 2020 just a few hours to the 2020 Christmas celebration.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had on Wednesday, December 16, nullified the conviction and seven years jail term on Olisa Metuh, after finding him guilty of money laundering charges.
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A three-man panel led by Justice Stephen Adah in a unanimous judgment held that the proceedings of the Federal High Court leading to the conviction of Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited, were marred with bias, and should not be allowed to stand.
Justice Adah stated that Justice Okon Abang, who delivered the lead judgment, was biased against the convicts from his utterances.
He, therefore, directed that the case file be sent back to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for reassignment to another judge other than Justice Abang.
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Justice Abang had in his judgment delivered on February 25, 2020, sentenced Metuh to seven years in prison. This was after he was found guilty of count one, two and three of the seven-count charge levelled against him and his company by the Federal Government.