A Federal High court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the case of the former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, to February 26.

Metuh has been under the prosecution of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N400 million fraud.

The EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, in a statement, said the anti-graft commission is prosecuting Metuh along with Destra Investment Limited for receiving money from the Office of the former National Security Adviser, ONSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

At the resumed sitting at the court presided by Justice Okon Abang on February 25, Obinna Ona, who represented Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN, the lead counsel for Metuh, pleaded with the court for an adjournment, citing the fact that Ikpeazu had travelled to Anambra State for the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections.

He said: “My lord, the challenge at hand right now is that, the lead counsel to the first defendant, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, is not around.

“I spoke with him this morning, and he informed me that he’s still at the collation centre; his younger sister is contesting for the Federal House of Representatives under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

“The other senior counsel in the matter, Emeka Etiaba, SAN, is presently before a Court of Appeal, and so in that circumstances, I plead with your lordship to adjourn the case till tomorrow.”

It was learnt that the counsel for the EFCC, Silvanus Tahir, did not raise any objections to the application.

Justice Abang, thereafter, adjourned for the continuation of Metuh’s trial.

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