A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed June 22 to hear a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the retrial of Chief Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The court fixed the date following the EFCC’s appeal at the Supreme Courtl of the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal in favour of Metuh.
Although the matter was listed on the Monday’s cause list, the trial judge, Emeka Nwite, was not in court.
It was reported that the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/05/2016 between the Federal Republic of Nigeria Vs. Olisa Metuh and another, was listed as number 16 on the cause list.
But due to the absence of the judge, the matter could not go on and the case adjourned until June 22 for mention. On Feb. 15 the retrial of the ex-PDP spokesman had been reassigned to Nwite, who was recently transferred to the Abuja division.
Prior to the reassignment, the matter was before a sister judge, Obiora Egwuatu.
The matter was assigned to Justice Egwuatu last year following his transfer to Abuja division of the court.
Egwatu had fixed Oct. 14, 2021, for Metuh’s re-arraignment after the Court of Appeal’s decision which nullified the trial court’s judgment.
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