Ekweremadu agrees to stand surety for Metuh.

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ABUJA—Embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who is facing trial over alleged N400 million fraud, yesterday, prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to allow the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to stand surety for him.


at the resumed ‘hearing yesterday, Metuh, through his lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, notified the court of his intention to use Ekweremadu as one of his sureties. He made the application on a day his former surety, Dr. Olugbumi Usim-Wilson, also applied to withdraw his services. Usim-Wilson had in a motion dated October 4, prayed the court to expunge her name as Metuh’s surety and discharge her from further participation in the matter, though she did not give any reason behind her decision.

  Metuh’s motion to replace her with Ekweremadu was dated October 14. Meanwhile, trial Justice Okon Abang has fixed October 27  to hear both motions. Metuh had through his lawyer, Ikpeazu, SAN, pleaded the court to hear his own motion first.

  Ikpeazu noted that hearing Dr. Usim-Wilson’s motion to withdraw as a surety in the matter first could warrant a revocation of the bail the court earlier granted his client. He said the development could lead to Metuh being returned to prison custody. In a short ruling, Justice Abang said he was minded to take Metuh’s motion first considering that he had been consistent to court. 

 “It is deserving to take that of Metuh first since he has been consistent in the trial.’ “This is because if that of the applicant is taken first, it means that Metuh will be going back to prison But if we take that of Metuh first, the substitution would have taken effect”, Justice Abang noted.

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