Metuh begs court for permission to travel abroad on medical ground
The request is contained in an
application filed by Metuh’s lawyer, Emeka Etiaba (SAN), seeking the
release of his client’s travel passport for that purpose.
The court had, while admitting Metuh to
bail on January 19 this year, ordered him to submit his passport to the
court. The court allowed him the freedom to apply for its release when
he intends to travel.
According to the Nation,Metuh, in the application, stated that his
decision to seek treatment abroad was informed by the advice by a
neurosurgeon at the National Hospital, Abuja following the injury he
allegedly sustained after falling from a chair at the national
secretariat on April 26.
The PDP spokesman is being tried with
his company, Destra Investments Limited, on a seven-count charge, in
which he is accused of fraudulent receipt of N400m from the Office of
the National Security Adviser in November 2014 to fund the PDP
presidential campaign ahead of the 2015 poll.
They are also accused of involvement in
money laundering offences involving cash transaction of $2m without
passing through a financial institution.
