Post Edited: ANALYSIS: Nigerians wait as judge set to rule on Olisa Metuh’s corruption trial
, revealed that both the judge and the politician were classmates.
But Mr Dasuki was himself enmeshed in a matter with the State Security Service, the domestic intelligence outfit whose agents arrested the former NSA in December 2015 and kept him in custody for several years until December 2019. , while still in custody of the SSS, Mr Dasuki said he would not be able to confirm or deny anything relating to Mr Metuh’s case unless he has access to his own records.attempt to persuade the court to adjourn hearingEarlier in October 2017, the trial had dominated headlines after Mr Metuh tried to get the court to compel Mr Jonathan to testify in the matter, insisting the former president’s appearance in the witness box was essential for his extrication.
Mr Ogunsanya said even though he is an anti-corruption campaigner, he found the EFCC’s case against Mr Metuh too weak to be taken seriously by any liberal mind, much less a federal judge.
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