Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says he is withdrawing the suit he filed on Monday to challenge the continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Metuh has been in the EFCC custody since January 5, 2016, where he is being questioned over his alleged involvement in the diversion and sharing of the $2.1bn arms funds by a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Metuh was said to have pocketed N400m out of the said funds earmarked for the purchase of arms to fight the Boko Haram insurgency.

But on Monday, Adegboruwa, who claimed that Metuh’s arrest and detention was part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s grand plan to silence the opposition, approached the Federal High Court in Lagos and asked that Metuh be immediately released from custody.

The lawyer had argued that Metuh’s fundamental rights enshrined in sections 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Constitution were being violated.

But in a statement made available to our correspondent on Thursday morning, Adegboruwa, however, said he had reviewed the situation and had filed a notice to the court to discontinue the suit.

He explained that since filing the suit on Monday he had been inundated with calls from across the country by people who wondered whether he was against Buhari’s anti-graft war.

He, however, said he was not against the anti-corruption war but only that it must be fought within the ambit of the rule of law.

He said he filed the suit in consonance with his unwavering belief that the rule of law must be obeyed, adding that he had neither never met Metuh before nor received instruction or money from him to file the suit.

The statement read in part, “Since filing this suit, I have received several telephone calls from colleagues, friends and well wishers, some congratulating me for the ‘fat’ brief, some criticising me, some seeking explanations and some others commending and encouraging me.

“The truth is that I have never met Chief Metuh before and I did not receive a dime from him, or from anyone else, to file the suit. I did so based upon my conviction, that it was wrong to arrest a citizen of Nigeria, lock him up in custody and be boasting that he will not be released or charged to court.

“My intervention on behalf of Chief Metuh, is not to shield him from his trial, if found wanting, but rather that as the voice of the opposition in Nigeria, he should not be cowed or silenced, without following due process.

“Through Chief Metuh, Nigerians have had the benefit of hearing the other side of the sweet stories of change, that the Buhari regime has been feeding us with.”

Adegboruwa added that he later discovered that Metuh himself had earlier filed a similar suit in Abuja.

He said he was not a Metuh’s crony, adding that if Buhari himself left office and is being unfairly treated he would equally defend him.

“It would seem now that Chief Metuh is finding a common ground with the EFCC, in the light of the revelations coming forth, in relation to his case and the promise to arraign him in court.

“I support the anti-corruption war of this administration, when it is done in accordance with the rule of law.

My intervention in securing reprieve for victims of human rights abuses, is not novel to Chief Metuh’s case,” Adegboruwa said.

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Adegboruwa added that he later discovered that Metuh himself had earlier filed a similar suit in Abuja.


So ?

To ur tent oh Isreal

Metuh u are on ur own

is that pic current..... chia passing through hell on earth.

I suspect Metuh has told him he's not getting "chekum" for the aproko work he's doing, hence his withdrawal.

The joker should go look for someone else to swindle. All Metuh has belongs to the FGN.

Lobatan.

How will Metuh criticize this government if he is released?

when some of us complain about these lawyers, we are reminded about the dumb rule of law that sentences people who steal chicken but cannot keep big time looters in custody at all.

backfighter lawyer ENEMY OF PROGRESS.

I hope Metuh comes out of this... Na long thing this guy dey o... Na to dey sing fresh air for 2019 be that oo

He explained that since filing the suit on Monday he had been inundated with calls from across the country by people who wondered whether he was against Buhari’s anti-graft war.

He, however, said he was not against the anti-corruption war but only that it must be fought within the ambit of the rule of law.

The lawyer wan make fame.

Tolexander:
The lawyer wan make fame.

Ebun Onogoruwa is always like that. He was the same lawyer that sued the President before his inauguration for announcing that beginning from May 29 last year, he would drop the appelation, General, from his name.

This story no go end.

Good move 'cos if u got paid 4 ur services from dat 400m, u may have 2 cough it out 2

johnmartus:
backfighter lawyer ENEMY OF PROGRESS.

English Language in its raw form

Attension seeking clown

OrlandoOwoh:

Ebun Onogoruwa is always like that. He was the same lawyer that sued the President before his inauguration for announcing that beginning from May 29 last year, he would drop the appelation, General, from his name.

ya, I know.

If he succeeded with the "silly" cases, that would definitely be fame for him.

johnmartus:
backfighter lawyer ENEMY OF PROGRESS.

Fighting for the rule of law is what you term enemy of progress in Aregbesola English. Okoooooo

How many people locked up in prisons for years across the country without a trial has he gone to defend their rights? Or are they not also Nigerians who should also benefit from the rule of law?

Tolexander:
The lawyer wan make fame.

If he like he should approach International Court of Justice or US Supreme Court, that won't save Metuh from facing justice.

TonyeBarcanista:

If he like he should approach International Court of Justice or US Supreme Court, that won't save Metuh from facing justice.

something seems to be changing about you these days?

Bro, don't tell me it is all about protection again?

Viviangist1,2,3,4,5,6 stop taking credit for what you only spent megabyte to get.

Tolexander:
something seems to be changing about you these days?

Bro, don't tell me it is all about protection again?

Which protection wey all of una just de talk?

Tolexander:
something seems to be changing about you these days?

Bro, don't tell me it is all about protection again?

Something will always change as long as it has to do with Tonyebarcanista, Remember the story of that woman who left her husband just to be with a rich man?

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I guess the tyrant has called and intimidated or threatened the lawyer.

zombies might not understand this.

Gbawe, long time...

calls from people ? like death threats? I doubt the completeness of this story . something seems fishy

All supporters of -- looters of our commonwealth and the recalcitrant yam-eating goats -- will have a change of heart when they realise that:

1. their children does not have good schools to go to, but the children of the looters are in the best schools abroad.
2. they do not have good hospitals to go to, but looters can afford to treat mere headache in the best hospital anywhere in the world.
3. they do not have good roads to ply, but looters have PJs to fly to anywhere in the world,,
4. the monthly feeding budget of the dogs of the looters is more than the annual feeding budget of the sycophantic wailers.
5. the children of the looters can afford not to work anywhere and still live large till their 10th generation, whereas the wailers can not even afford the next meal.

No matter the Ethnicity, Religion, Colour and Party -- Let us all say NO TO CORRUPTION. It is starting from the top and it will surely cascade down. This is the only way we could have avoided a bloody revolution, which would have been from bottom to top.

#istandwithPMBoncorruption.