Why Buhari wants to jail me, by Metuh

Former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja why President Muhammadu Buhari wants to jail him. Testifying as the 15th Defence Witness, DW-15, the erstwhile PDP spokesman, said his trial was a calculated attempt by All Progressives Congress, APC-led government to silence […]

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Jonathan authorised N400m for Metuh to fight ‘smear campaign ‘ – Witness

A defence witness, Mr. Anthony Okeke, in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s image was battered by the then opposition All Progressives Congress’ “smear campaign”, Punchng report. Okeke is a lawyer and a […]

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Ex-senate president, Olisa Metuh in battle over Abuja land

Second republic Senate President Joseph Wayas has asked a High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to save him from outgoing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh and others. The others are a former National Organising Secretary of the PDP, Dr. Musa Babayo, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. According to […]

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Metuh slips off chair, ended up hospitalised

The National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party , Chief Olisa Metuh, on Tuesday fell off his seat and injured himself in the process. The incident happened at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Metuh was about taking his seat inside the National Working Committee hall, where the party’s National Chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, was about […]

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No stay of proceedings in Saraki’s, Dasuki’s, Metuh’s trials – A’ court

The Court of Appeal in Abuja declared Monday that will not entertain motions for stay of proceedings in the cases involving Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Sambo Dasuki and Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh. A three-man panel of the appellate court, presided over by Justice Abdul […]

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‘PDP will regain power in 2019,’ Says, Olisa Metuh

NATIONAL Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, on Friday said that the party is on course to regain power in 2019. Metuh, who was let out of detention on bail on Thursday by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), said in Abuja that the PDP has now overcome the initial trauma […]

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Metuh fulfills bail condition, released from prison

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 […]

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Metuh, 77 others got N1.4b for not a thing – Witness

A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Tuesday how the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) paid N1.4billion to 78 firms including Destral Investment Limited owned by the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, non-existing contracts. The information is contained in a document – an electronic mandate – tendered before […]

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I received $2m cash from Metuh in one day – Witness

TRIAL opened on Monday at the Federal high Court, Abuja in the money laundering charge against the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, with the prosecution calling two of its planned 18 witnesses. The first witness, Nneka Ararume, an employee of Asset and Resource Management (ARM) Company Limited, who admitted she collected […]

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Metuh, granted bail

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, in the sum of N300m with two sureties in like sum. The total  bail sum is N600m‎. Olisa Metuh, who was in Kuje prison was arraigned on Thursday before the […]

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Nothing wrong with handcuffing Metuh, says Oshiomhole

EDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday said there was nothing wrong in bringing the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, to court in handcuffs. The governor stated this in Benin when he met with the new leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State chapter. He described the outcry […]

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Metuh’s in handcuff meant to defeat opposition − PDP

THE Peoples Democratic Party has condemned in totality, what it described as the brazen display of “authoritarianism” by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in handcuffing its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh when he appeared in court on Tuesday. The party said that the development betrayed an extra-judicial, top political witch-hunt policy of the All […]

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