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Metuh’s Claim Of Ill Health Doubtful – Court by Ebullience(m): 3:54pm On Apr 19, 2018
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has expressed doubts as to whether the claim of ill health by Olisah Metuh, the embattled former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), is true.

The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, said this on Thursday while delivering a ruling on an application seeking the release of Metuh’s international passport to enable him travel abroad for medical treatment.

According to the judge, “I am wondering, if the defendant is really sick as he claims, why did he not appeal the two earlier decisions of the court that refused to release his international passport.

“I doubt that he is really ill as he wants the court to believe, if he is, he should have appealed the decisions of the court at the Court of Appeal.”

The judge wondered why Metuh appealed decisions of the trial court that had nothing to do with his health but refused to appeal those that dealt directly with his health.

Abang held that it seemed there was a hidden agenda by Metuh to present the court as inhuman by filing the same application before the trial court a third time rather than going on appeal.

He said that he agreed with the arguments of the prosecution that filing the application for a third time was an unpardonable and reckless abuse of judicial processes.

The judge maintained that the defendants ought to know that where a trial court decided a matter, it could not be brought before it again under any guise.

He further said that since the prosecution closed its case in 2016, the defendant, rather than defending his case, had taken several steps to frustrate the trial.

The judge said that he could not sit on appeal over his own judgment having already refused an application for the release of Metuh’s passport twice.

He added that contrary to the claim by Metuh’s counsel, Mr Onyeachi Ikpeazu, (SAN), there were no new facts in the current application as the facts in it were the same as those in the last two applications.

“The issues raised in this application have already been determined in the two previous rulings on the matter; there is nothing new in this application.”

He held that on account of Metuh’s conduct since the prosecution closed its case, he could not order the release of his passport and that he lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter having decided it before.

He therefore dismissed the application for lacking in merit and adjourned the matter until April 20 for continuation of trial.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Metuh on March 14, for the third time, asked the court to release his international passport to enable him travel abroad for medical treatment.

http://punchng.com/metuhs-claim-of-ill-health-doubtful-court/

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Re: Metuh’s Claim Of Ill Health Doubtful – Court by Nobody: 3:55pm On Apr 19, 2018
I see
Re: Metuh’s Claim Of Ill Health Doubtful – Court by buhariguy(m): 3:58pm On Apr 19, 2018
Idiotic pigs of Biafra party PDP, will not kill us.

They will rob us in broad day light and still be asking of prove and evidence and employed dubious means to make us look like fools.

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Re: Metuh’s Claim Of Ill Health Doubtful – Court by rusher14: 4:04pm On Apr 19, 2018
Metuh has done his best to frustrate the trial but to no avail.

About time a judgement be made on the merit of the case.

Damn thing is taking too long.

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Re: Metuh’s Claim Of Ill Health Doubtful – Court by Alexikarri: 4:14pm On Apr 19, 2018
Send this man to prison and let's face other looters

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Re: Metuh’s Claim Of Ill Health Doubtful – Court by KenOne: 4:29pm On Apr 19, 2018
And people will come here and start saying how many corrupt people this government have jailed. When the said corrupt people are frustrating judgements with the looted money, just imagine how Metuh has been deploying delay tactics since 2015 its been one excuse to another not to appear in court with the thinking the case will linger till PMB tenure finishes. Loot as much as you can and use some of the looted money to frustrate the case. Like we had in Port Harcourt when a former managing director of Port Harcourt international airport hotel looted the hotel to the point the hotel never had money to pursue the case in court. From then i learnt the best way to loot a company is loot it to a bankruptcy so that they'll never have money to sustain court cases as you frustrate them in court with some of the looted money.

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Re: Metuh’s Claim Of Ill Health Doubtful – Court by Mynd44: 5:48pm On Apr 19, 2018

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