Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday vowed to continue to preside in the case of corruption and money laundering against National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, in spite of a protest letter written by him to the Honorable Chief Judge of the Federal High Court requesting the matter to be transferred to another judge.
Abang said, “On the 16th of March, 2016, around 4pm, the Hon. Chief Judge forwarded a copy of a letter from Emeka Etiaba, SAN, praying to transfer this case to another judge”.
Insisting that he would always do everything on the side of justice, Abang said, “I have a circular written by my employer stating that where there is a petition seeking transfer of case, the judge handling the matter should continue to preside over the matter until the honourable Chief Judge takes a decision on the matter”.
The EFCC had in a seven-count charge accused Metuh of receiving the sum of N400 million from the former NSA, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, through his company, Destra Investment Ltd.
Metuh in a no-case-submission prayed the court to dismiss the charges against him for want of prima facie evidence.
However, the judge ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has made a prima facie case of money laundering against him and that it’s left for him now to defend himself.
