Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has said that the Federal High Court is compelling him to enter the witness box in favour of the prosecution.
Tochukwu Onwubufor, Metuh’s counsel made the submission before the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal, asking it to discountence an objection raised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an application filed by Metuh.
The application seeks to dismiss a Federal High Court ruling on a no case submission made by Metuh.
Onwubufor said the High Court’s ruling is aimed at compelling Metuh to enter the witness box to make a Prima facie case for the prosecution.
But in his objection, the EFCC’s counsel, Sylvanus Tahir had prayed the court to dismiss the application.
Onwubufor said the law does not distinguish between interlocutory appeal and final appeal.
He said the EFCC failed to state the reason for objecting the applicant’s appeal in his grounds of arguments filed before the court.
Adding that the verbal objection raised by Tahir is unconstitutional, Onwubufor urged the court to dismiss the EFCC’s objection.
He also asked the court to dismiss the ruling on no case submission made by the Federal High Court.
The lead judge Abdul Aboki adjourned the matter.
He said that a later date for adjournment will be communicated to the parties involved.
The court however adjourned an appeal filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to a later date to be communicated to parties, saying it had other matters to attend to.
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