Metuh case: ’Many heads will roll if…’ – Judge threatens National Hospital
– Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja criticized the National Hospital in Abuja for transferring the treatment of Olisa Metuh to a Lagos hospital
– Abang stressed that the hospital should have informed the court that the defendant had been transferred to another hospital
– The judge threatened the hospital that he may order investigation into its activities and many heads will roll
Chief Olisa Metuh at one of his court appearances.
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has criticized the National Hospital, Abuja, for transferring the treatment of Olisa Metuh, the former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, to a Lagos hospital.
Premium Times reports that the judge decried the action of the hospital on Friday, June 10, when he ruled in an application for adjournment brought by Metuh’s counsel, Emeka Etaiba.
Abang recalled that the matter was first adjourned on account of a medical report from the National Hospital in Abuja.
He stressed that the hospital should have informed the court that the defendant had been transferred to another hospital.
The judge threatened the hospital that he may order investigation into its activities.
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“If I order investigation into the activities of the National Hospital regarding to Metuh’s medical report many heads will roll.
“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,” the judge said.
However, he added that the medical report did not disclose the location of the hospital in Lagos.
The judge adjourned the case till July 7 for continuation of trial.
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