Bail: Metuh gets soft landing as court varies conditions

EFFORTS by the detained National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, to regain his freedom from prison custody got a boost yesterday following the variation of his bail conditions by a Federal High Court. Specifically, Justice Okon Abang sitting in Abuja lessened the bail terms, which it imposed on Metuh on January 19.

In his ruling on Metuh's application for the variation of his bail conditions, Justice Abang, who granted the application in part, said the applicant would no longer be required to produce two sureties who must have property limited to the Maitama District of Abuja

While the bail sums of N400 million and other at­tached conditions remain, Metuh's proposed sureties, who the court insisted must be resident in Abuja, could now be owners of property with valid title documents "in any district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)."

The court, however, rejected Metuh's request seek­ing the removal of the bail condition directing the pros­ecuting counsel, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, to within 24 hours of being notified, verify the addresses of the proposed sureties and the certificates of occupancy of the prop­erty to be presented by them.




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