A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed February 25, 2020, for judgment in the trial of a former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, on money laundering charge. Metuh was arraigned in January, 2016 on the charge involving the N400m which he allegedly received fraudulently from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2015.
Daily Trust reported that upon the adoption of final written addresses on Tuesday, the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang fixed the date for judgment.
Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited, are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a seven-count charge of money laundering.
