Olisa Metuh Vomits In Court,Trial Stalled

        Spokesperson of Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, yesterday again broke
down in court with signs of ill-health, repeatedly
throwing up at the Federal High Court in Abuja,
where he is being tried for alleged corruption.
Metuh’s apparent ill-health led the court to
adjourn the case.
The PDP spokesperson is being tried for
allegedly receiving N400 million of government
arms money.
File: Publicity Secretary of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Pdp, Chief Olisa Metuh, signing
a document at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
His counsel, Etiaba Etiaba, said Metuh’s health
condition deteriorated on Wednesday night,
forcing his brother-in-law, Andy Aghaji, to rush
him to hospital.
He said on arrival at the hospital, they found that
nurses were on strike. A doctor, who attended to
Metuh, directed that he be brought back to the
hospital, yesterday.
Etiaba said the doctor had warned that the drugs
he administered would make Metuh drowsy and
that he would have to take another medication
at 11 am Thursday. He said the PDP spokesman
left the hospital at 3.30 am, yesterday.
Etiaba said he advised Metuh to see if he could
manage himself to the court, since he had no
understanding about the gravity of his health
condition.
At the court, the PDP spokesman began to vomit
and had to be assisted to the court room by his
relatives. The counsel prayed the court to
adjourn the case to enable Metuh return to the
hospital.
The prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, did not
object to the application.
The judge adjourned the case till May 23 and
Metuh immediately returned to the hospital.