The Court of
Appeal will today hear the application of former National Publicity Secretary
of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, on the refusal of the
Federal High Court, Abuja, to issue an order inviting former National Security
Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), to appear in court as a defence witness
for him.
Justice Okon
Abang had, in dismissing Metuh’s application, ruled that Dasuki is not a
compellable witness and ordered that the accused should seek other ways of
getting the DSS to produce the former NSA in court to testify for him.
Metuh had
approached the trial court to issue the subpoena as the defence has made
several moves including correspondences to get the DSS to produce Dasuki to no
avail.Following the dismissal of the application by Justice Abang and the
failure of the DSS to produce Dasuki in court, Metuh took the matter to the
Court of Appeal for intervention. The defendant had insisted that the evidence
of Dasuki is needed to establish his innocence and in the interest of justice.
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