{"id":93869,"date":"2022-04-11T19:25:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93869"},"modified":"2022-04-11T19:25:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:25:16","slug":"alleged-n400m-fraud-efcc-to-re-arraign-olisa-metuh-may-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/alleged-n400m-fraud-efcc-to-re-arraign-olisa-metuh-may-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged N400m fraud: EFCC to re-arraign Olisa Metuh May 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1729834585433771489\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on May 30, re-arraign former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on allegations bordering on N400 million fraud.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMetuh is expected to be re-arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com gathered on Monday from Court 8, where Justice Nwite presides, that hearing notices had already been issued, though it could not confirm if counsel to the parties had been communicated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com reports on Feb. 15 that the retrial of the ex-PDP spokesman had been reassigned to Nwite, the new judge in the Abuja division.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the reassignment, the matter was before a sister judge, Obiora Egwuatu.The matter was assigned to Justice Egwuatu last year following his transfer to Abuja division of the court.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nEgwatu had fixed October 14, 2021, for Metuh\u2019s re-arraignment after the Court of Appeal\u2019s decision which nullified the trial court\u2019s judgment. 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