Former
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa
Metuh, has been released from Kuje prisons following the court judgment that nullified
his conviction.
Metuh
who reportedly left the prison about 4.46 pm on Thursday, was joyful, according
to one his close aides who spoke with newsmen after he left the correctional
facility at Kuje where he had been held since February 25, 2020.
“Yes,
Oga has just left about two minutes ago,” one of Metuh’s aides told newsmen.
He
was seen off by the FCT Comptroller of Correctional Facilities and the head of
Kuje Correctional Facility.
Metuh
was sentenced by Justice Okon Abang to seven-year imprisonment on the
allegation of money laundering on February 25, 2020.
However,
the Court of Appeal penultimate Wednesday quashed his conviction on the basis
of bias established against Justice Abang.
The
court also sent the case for retrial with a specific instruction that it should
not be assigned to Justice Abang.
Metuh
had in the course of his trial under Justice Abang repeatedly alleged bias
against the judge but his appeals were dismissed by the court, leaving him to
head to the Court of Appeal which sufficiently established the bias against
Justice Abang.
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