Presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang , adjourned hearings to enable Metuh who reportedly fell off a swivel chair on Tuesday, to receive proper medical attention at the National Hospital in Abuja.
The PDP spokesman who suffered the fate at the party’s secretariat to witness the inauguration of the caretaker committees of the party in Borno and Kebbi states, is answering to a seven-count criminal charge the Economic a Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), preferred against him and his company, Destra Investment Limited.
The defendants were alleged to have received N400million from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), prior to the 2015 general elections.
At the resumed sitting on the case on Wednesday, Metuh’s lead counsel, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, told the court that his client was hospitalised at the intensive care unit of the National Hospital in Abuja, even as he begged for the trial to be suspended for at least two weeks.
“My Lord we humbly apply for an adjournment to enable the 1st defendant who is currently on intensive care to go for his medications. We had to compel him to be physically present in court this morning”, Ikpeazu submitted.
Meanwhile, the application was not opposed by EFCC lawyer, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir.
“My Lord the news is in the public domain that the 1st defendant is in intensive unit. We shall not be opposing the application”, Tahir stated.
Consequently, Justice Abang adjourned the case till May 16, 17.
Before adjourning the case, Justice Abang ordered frail-looking Metuh who was present in court to stand on his feet. Though Metuh complied with the order, he however held his waist with both hands.