The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has handed down a seven years prison term to a former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisa Metuh.
Justice Okon Abang in his ruling delivered on Tuesday on seven counts of money laundering and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N400 million.
The charges were filed against Metuh and his company, Destra Investment, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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The trial judge sentenced Metuh after convicting him and found him guilty of all the charges brought against him by the anti-graft agency.
This followed a protected trial of the former PDP spokesman which lasted about four years and witnessed a series of drama and adjournment over health-related matters.
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