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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Ayo Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, has reacted to the release of Olisa Metuh, ex-spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n

Referring to Metuh\u2019s release, Fayose said tough times don\u2019t last.<\/p>\n

In a tweet, the former governor wrote: \u201cWelcome back home Olisa Metuh, tough time don\u2019t last.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd to Justice Okon Abang, you will one day reap the rewards of the hardship and suffering your miscarriage of justice has made many Nigerians to go through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on December 16 nullified the seven years jail term imposed on Metuh by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja.<\/p>\n

Following the ruling, Metuh was released from Kuje Prison Friday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Ayo Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, has reacted to the release of Olisa Metuh, ex-spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Referring to Metuh\u2019s release, Fayose said tough times don\u2019t last. In a tweet, the former governor wrote: \u201cWelcome back home Olisa Metuh, tough time don\u2019t last. \u201cAnd to Justice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,16,26],"tags":[1570,2140,224,2143,254,1414],"class_list":["post-33855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-fayose","tag-kuje-prison","tag-nigeria","tag-olisa-metuh"],"yoast_head":"\nFayose reacts as ex-PDP\u2019s spokesman, Olisa Metuh is released from Kuje prison - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ayo Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, has reacted to the release of Olisa Metuh, ex-spokesman of the Peoples Dem ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fayose reacts as ex-PDP\u2019s spokesman, Olisa Metuh is released from Kuje prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ayo Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, has reacted to the release of Olisa Metuh, ex-spokesman of the Peoples Dem ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-25T17:22:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fe6143e7f264.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1220\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fayose reacts as ex-PDP\u2019s spokesman, Olisa Metuh is released from Kuje prison\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-25T17:22:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison\"},\"wordCount\":138,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5fe6143e7f264.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Fayose\",\"Kuje Prison\",\"Nigeria\",\"Olisa Metuh\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Parties\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fayose-reacts-as-ex-pdps-spokesman-olisa-metuh-is-released-from-kuje-prison\",\"name\":\"Fayose reacts as ex-PDP\u2019s spokesman, Olisa Metuh is released from Kuje prison - 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