NIGERIAN Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Okon Abang of the yesterday released the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, who has been Kuje Prison since January 19.
An official of the court who prefers anonymity had confirmed that Metuh perfected his bail condition yesterday evening and that the trial judge had signed his release warrant.
Metuh is standing trial over alleged money laundering to the tune of N400 million recieved from the Office of the National Security Adviser and bring part of the money meant for the purchase of arms.
He was charge alongside his company, Destra Investment Limited. He had pleaded not guilty and was consequently admitted to bail in the sum of N400 million with two sure ties who must have a property in Maitama, Abuja.
Unable to fulfill the bail condition, Metuh had on Monday approached the court seeking the variation of his bail.
In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Abang varied the bail condition by granting a waiver that the sure ties can have a property in any where in Abuja and not compulsorily Maitama.
However, Metuh yesterday eveining perfected his bail condition and Justice Abang consequently signed his release warrant after being satisfied with the verification of the details of the two sureties provided by the accused and the title documents of the property owned by the sureties.
“The verification exercise was done by the Chief Registrar of the court and it also involved the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, whom the judge directed must verify the residential addresses of the two sureties”, the source said.