Embattled former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh, collapsed on Monday morning as he was making his way to the dock for his resumed trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Metuh who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the N400m he allegedly received fraudulently from the office of the National Security Adviser in 2014 fell down, shortly after the case was called on Monday.
The incident happened about 9.01am in the courtroom on Monday. Metuh, was seated in the courtroom close to the dock before the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang asked that the case be called.
The judge had to stand down the matter to enable medical officials to attend to the defendant.
Medical officials, whose attention were called as a result of the incident, entered the courtroom at 9.19am.
The matter was the first on the list of cases before Justice Abang, who travels from Warri, Delta State Division of the Federal High Court to the Abuja Division to hear Metuh’s matter.