JUST IN: COURT DISMISSES METUH'S APPLICATION, SAYS IT IS NOT 'FATHER CHRISTMAS'

Justice of the Federal High Court, Okon Abang has dismissed the application for leave to travel abroad for medical reasons filed by former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh.

‎Abang said the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the application because there is a subsisting order directing the accused to keep his international passport with the chief registrar of the high court.

He said: “This is not a case of sympathy, but a case of law.‎ This court has no jurisdiction to entertain this application.

“The court is not Father Christmas to give to the defendant what it did not ask for."

He later dismissed the application as it was said to lack merit.

“The application lacks merit. It is accordingly dismissed. The court cannot set aside its decision.”

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