The judge said, “The submission of first defendant’s counsel, Emeka Etiaba (SAN), that the evidence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in court will determine whether the first defendant (Metuh) will be called to testify is unknown to law. Therefore, I take it that the first defendant still has somebody to call as a witness other than Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to testify or testify in person. I so hold.”Following an application by Metuh, the judge had since October 3, 2017 signed the subpoena summoning Jonathan to appear as a defence witness in the case. The EFCC’s lawyer, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, on Monday urged the court to set aside the witness summons issued on Jonathan and order Metuh, who had earlier called eight defence witness, to call his other proposed witnesses. They also maintained that they would only determine if Metuh would personally testify after Jonathan’s oral evidence in court.

Source: Punch December 05, 2017 01:18 UTC