Supreme Court Fixes Date To Deliver Judgment On Metuh’s No-Case-Submission

The Supreme Court has fixed February 9 to deliver judgment on appeals of no-case-submissions brought to it by the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the apex court also gave the same date to decide a similar appeal filed by Destra Investment Limited, a company owned by Metuh.

Justice Dattijo Mohammed, who led the five-man panel of justices, fixed the date after counsel to parties adopted their addresses.

The appellants had approached the apex court to set aside the May 24, 2016 decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which dismissed Metuh and his company’s no-case-submissions.

The two appellants had challenged the Abuja Federal High Court’s judgment which first dismissed those applications.

Metuh had argued that the two decisions had pre-determined his fate in the trial ahead of its determination.