Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed February 22, 2017 for “hearing without fail” in a money laundering charge brought against Olisa Metuh, former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The decision of the judge was as a result of the “passionate plea” by Tochukwu Onwugbufor, SAN, a defence counsel, who appealed for an adjournment due to absence of lead counsel for the defence, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN.
Ikpeazu had sent a letter to the trial judge notifying him of his inability to attend the sitting as he was “involved in another criminal case at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court”.