Alleged N400m Fraud: Olisa Metuh gets a new lawyer as court discharges SAN, Ikpeazu
14 March 2019 |
9:46 am
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Onyechi Ikpeazu and his law firm from further legal representation a former spokesman of the People's Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh in his alleged money laundering case.
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