The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh, against trying to scuttle his trial by maligning the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang who is presiding over his case.
Metuh who alongside his company, Destra Investment limited are standing trial on a seven count charge bordering on money laundering has been urged by the anti-graft agency to pay more attention to clear himself rather than playing some tricks.
The PDP spokesman had claimed that he would not get justice with Justice Abang as the presiding judge owing to the fact that they were once classmates back in law school and their relationship was a frosty one.
Reacting to the allegation, EFCC’s lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir said, “All manner of allegations, as stated by the defendants, were cooked up by them just to stale proceedings.”
Tahir wondered why Metuh was developing cold feet with the trial, stressing that based on the defendant’s allegation of being mates back in school with the judge. the case should swing in his favour.
“We submit that the antics and gimmicks deployed by the defendants are nothing but mere afterthought and pure blackmail aimed at intimidating the court to drop the case in the guise or pretext of bias by the judge.
“The allegations of bias levelled by the defendants against the court relate merely to the exercise of judicial powers by the court, without any evidence of facts or circumstances that suggest that the court did, in fact, favour one side unfairly,” Tahir stated.
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