Breaking: Metuh Collapse in Court

- Former national publicity secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, has collapsed in court

- As a result of this, Justice Okon Abang had to stand down the matter to enable medical officials to attend to him

- It was reported that the courtroom at 9.19am were still attending to him at about 9.25am Olisa Metuh, a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has collapsed in court on Monday, May 21.

Metuh is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegation that he fraudulently received a sum of N400m in 2014 from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). Punch reports that the incident occurred about 9.01am in the courtroom and the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang had to stand down the matter to enable medical officials to attend to the defendant.

Medical officials who entered the courtroom at 9.19am were still attending to him at about 9.25am.

NAIJ.com had reported that a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, mocked the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which once claimed to be strong, hale and hearty and even throwing punches at its convention, as it faces drama over Olisa Metuh.

Onochie, who is the personal adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, described what happened in the court as something to complement Nollywood. “Weak, tired and bandaged to the neck on a stretcher and ambulance to complement the Nollywood drama,” she said.

However, the second vice president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Onyekachi Ubani, described Metuh’s appearance in court as unfortunate and “not too good.”