The trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Olisa Metuh, has started, with the opposition party’s spokesman requesting for a variation of his bail conditions.
Mr Metuh made the request before his trial began on Monday.
However, because the prosecution was just served, the trial judge, Justice Abang Obong, deferred hearing on the issue to January 27.
He, however, declined to adjourn the trial, asking the first prosecution witness to testify.
On Friday, a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court granted Mr Metuh bail in the sum of 300 million Naira and two sureties in like sum.
In the ruling, the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, stressed that the sureties must be resident in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
Mr Metuh is facing a seven-count charge of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering.
Metuh Requests For Variation Of Bail Conditions As Trial Begins
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