The bid by former spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, to stay proceedings in the matter brought against him before Justice Okon Abang, of an Abuja Federal High Court has again been stalled.
At the resumption of the matter which was slated for the second defendant (Destra Investments Limited), to move its own application for stay of proceedings, the counsel, Tochukwu Onwugbufor SAN informed the court that it was just served with the counter filed by the prosecution.
Due to the fact that, they were just being served with the processe, he sought the court for an adjournment to enable him, time to study and go through it before responding to it.
While Emeka Etiaba SAN who represented Metuh also affirmed service, Sylvanus Tahir, the prosecuting counsel apologized to the court for not filing and serving the defendants earlier, stating that “it was not intended to overreach the other side.
“By the time we finished yesterday, we were unable to file at the registry because it was late. In view of the fact that they just got served this morning, since it is not a matter on points of law, I would have suggested the matter be stood down”, he urged.
Justice Abang however adjourned hearing on the second defendant’s application to March 28, 2017 for hearing.
It will be recalled that Metuh who is standing trial in a seven Count charge alongside his company, Destra Investments Limited, over N400m fraud allegedly committed at the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), filed and moved its application for stay of further proceedings on the matter pending the decision of the Supreme Court on the appeal filed challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal that affirmed the ruling of the trial court on ‘No Case Submission’.
The move was premised on a ruling of the trial court, that failed to grant his request to call the former NSA, Sambo Dasuki as his defence witness.
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