Following the request
made by the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party,
(PDP), Olisa Metuh for some changes in his bail conditions which it considers
stringent, a Federal High Court has varied the bail conditions as requested. In
his application, counsel to Metuh, Sylvanus Tahir, told the court that the bail
conditions were too stringent maintaining that his client has no friends or
relatives with properties in Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory, as
such, the court should vary the conditions to allow for property owners in any
other part of the FCT to stand as sureties for his client.
With the new
condition, trial judge, justice Okon Abang, changed his earlier order that the
sureties must be property owners in the Maitama area of Abuja only to an order
that the two sureties must be owners of properties in any area of the Federal
Capital Territory. He, however, retained the sum of bail which he put at 400
million Naira.
It will be recalled
that the image maker of the current opposition party Mr. Metuh is standing
trial for corruption, money laundering and criminal breach of trust.
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