BEVERLY HILLS, June 10, (THEWILL) – Justice Okon Abang, of a Federal High Court in Abuja is furious with the National Hospital, Abuja, for not informing the court before transferring Olisa Metuh, former Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to a Lagos hospital.
He made this known as he ruled in an application for adjournment brought by Emeka Etaiba, Metuh’s counsel, declaring that the hospital treated the court with levity.
“If I order investigation into the activities of the national hospital regarding to Metuh’s medical report many heads will roll,” Abang said as he adjourned the case till July 7.
“I have authority over the management of the hospital because they are under my jurisdiction. The management is not above this court and the law.
“They cannot treat this court with levity; national hospital has a duty to explain to the court what led to the transfer of Metuh from National Hospital, Abuja, to another hospital in Lagos.
“In any event, I have another medical report issued by Dr Olufemi Bankole from Lagos University Teaching Hospital that Metuh is on bed rest over back pains which he claimed.”
Metuh is being arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of receiving N400 million from the office of Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser.
