Yusuf bello| The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, has dismissed the no-case submission filed by a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, to stop his criminal trial for alleged destruction of evidence.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had allaged that Metuh destroyed his statement which he made under caution to its operatives and investigators on January 5, 2016.
According to the EFCC, Metuh committed the offence while in its custody on January 5, 2016, over allegation of his fraudulent receipt of N400m from the Office of then National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
After the EFCC closed its case by calling its witness and tendering exhibits to back the allegation of destruction of evidence, Metuh had filed a no-case submission contending that the anti-graft agency failed to make out any case against him.
But Justice Ishaq Bello, presiding judge and the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, while ruling on the matter on Thursday refused to stop the trial as requested by Metuh and ordered him to open his defence.
Justice Ishaq Bello dismissed the application for lacking in merit.
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