{"id":49385,"date":"2016-05-19T15:31:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T14:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=49385"},"modified":"2016-05-19T23:48:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T22:48:50","slug":"olisa-metuh-hospitalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/","title":{"rendered":"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Embattled spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, is currently receiving medical attention at the National Hospital , Abuja, sequel to a dip in his health earlier today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pointblanknews.com gathered that Metuh, took ill while in his car within the premises of the Federal High Court, Thursday morning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was gathered that shortly after they arrived the court premises, Metuh complained of not feeling too good, then vomitted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Recall that in April, he had slumped during the commissioning of the caretaker committee of the PDP Yobe and Borno states chapter.<\/div>\n<div>He was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Hospital.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But, according to sources close to him, he went into court, where the Judge, after counsel briefed him on what happened, rulled that he betaken to hospital for medical attention.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The spokesman of the PDP, who is expected to return to court on Monday is being tried for his role in the disbursement of the 2015 campaign funds, and alleged destruction of evidence.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">One of his close aides told Pointblanknews.com via telephone &#8221; It is true he is in the National Hospital right now. He took ill while we were in the car park of the court, but he was able to enter the court and face the judge, who ruled, adjourned, and directed he be taken to hospital. He is expected to return to court o Monday&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, is currently receiving medical attention at the National Hospital , Abuja, sequel to a dip in his health earlier today.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Olisa Metuh hospitalised again - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Embattled spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, is currently receiving medical attention at the National Hospital , Abuja, sequel to a dip in his health earlier today.&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-19T14:31:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-19T22:48:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-19T14:31:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-19T22:48:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/\",\"name\":\"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-19T14:31:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-19T22:48:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":336},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again - Pointblank News","og_description":"Embattled spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, is currently receiving medical attention at the National Hospital , Abuja, sequel to a dip in his health earlier today.&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2016-05-19T14:31:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-19T22:48:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":336,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again","datePublished":"2016-05-19T14:31:50+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-19T22:48:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/"},"wordCount":236,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/","name":"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg","datePublished":"2016-05-19T14:31:50+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-19T22:48:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Olisa-Metuh-trial-650x336.jpg","width":650,"height":336},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/olisa-metuh-hospitalised\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Olisa Metuh hospitalised again"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}