The Justice Okon Abang-led Federal High Court,
Abuja on Wednesday frowned at the action of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC
where it issued a press release on the current trial
involving the National Publicity Secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Olisa Metuh,
without being objective enough.


The court made its stance known at the resumed
hearing of the case of human rights violation
brought against the anti-graft agency by the
embattled PDP spokesman.


Metuh had instituted a legal proceeding against the
EFCC for detaining him illegally for two weeks; an
action he claimed infringed his fundamental human
right.


At the resumed hearing, Metuh’s counsel, Adedioe,
SAN, said his client was under trial by the court
not by the EFCC or the press.


Adedioe while urging the court to prevent the
continued misrepresentation of court proceedings
said, “It is your lordship that is trying Chief Metuh
not the press or the EFCC. We should not justify
what is not justifiable.”


EFCC’s counsel, Constance Ugwu, in his reaction
blamed the media for misrepresentation of court
proceedings saying, “I know the press, they have
the penchant for sensationalism. This is the
problem we have in this country, they will hear
what happens, go home and misinterpret.”


DAILY POST recalls that that the spokesperson of
the EFCC, Wilson Uwajeren had yesterday issued a
press statement on the appearance of one of its
prosecution witness, detective Junaid Sa’id in the
case against Metuh.


The statement was, however, perceived by Metuh’s
counsels as one-sided, adding that it
misrepresented the court proceeding.


The legal team of the embattled PDP spokesman
are complaining that the EFCC, which is a principal
party in the case issued a press release on a
current matter before the court and also hid certain
facts disclosed in the court which included, Sa’id’s
testimony where he said that Metuh never ate his
statement while in custody of the commission.


Metuh’s legal team also expressed displeasure
over the fact that the EFCC’s statement did not
reflect the fact that the prosecution witness also
read out a section in the Office of the National
Security Adviser, ONSA, document wherein it was
stated that the N400m payment to Metuh followed
due process.


In his ruling, Justice Abang ordered that the matter
be brought up during the continuation of the
criminal matter.


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yaye efcc

really

. The legal team of the embattled PDP spokesman
are complaining that the EFCC, which is a principal
party in the case issued a press release on a
current matter before the court and also hid certain
facts disclosed in the court which included, Sa’id’s
testimony where he said that Metuh never ate his
statement while in custody of the commission.

I always could not understand why a grown up man will go through the pains of writing a statement and then eat them? If he does not want to reveal certain info he will simply not put them down on paper!