A former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has been released from Kuje prison after serving 10 months in jail.
Metuh who left the prison on Thursday was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) for illegally receiving some 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 Okon Abang convicted and sentenced the former PDP spokesman to seven years of imprisonment
Not satisfied with the decision of the court, Metuh approached the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal with an application seeking to set aside the ruling of the lower court.
In his argument, he alleged among others that the trial judge was biased and failed to accord him a fair hearing.
The appellate court in its ruling agreed with the appellant that the trial judge was exhibited biased and as such quashed the judgment of the Federal High Court.
“The narrative of the trial judge suggest someone who didn’t enjoy trying the appellant and counsel because he said they were picking on him,” Stephen Adah who read the court’s decision, said.
