Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday in his ruling granting the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), said the court was entitled to proceed with the criminal trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisah Metuh, Considering the defendant's previous attempts to frustrate the trial and his conduct after he fell in court on Monday.
He therefore fixed Thursday for the continuation of the trial. He ruled that Metuh's absence from court on Tuesday and also Wednesday without any Reasonable explanation to justify it amounted to a violation of the bail granted him. The judge ruled, "The application by persecution deserves to succeed."The trial shall proceed in the absence of the defendant.
Metuh, Who with his Company, Destra Investment Limited, Is being prosecuted by the EFCC for the N400m he allegedly received fraudulent from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014, Fell after taking some steps towards the dock on Monday.

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