Seven-count Charge Against Metuh - EFCC

Chief Olisa Metuh is facing a seven-count charge before the court today.

Latest crime news reaching nus has it that the embattled PDP spokesperson is facing the charges bordering on money laundering involving the sum of N400m, part of the $2.1bn arms fund which he allegedly collected from the office of the National Security Adviser in 2014.‎

The charge, FHC/ABJ/CR/05/2016, was filed against Metuh on Thursday, January 14, 2016.

Metuh and a firm, Destra Investments Limited, were accused of collecting the money, which was allegedly part‎ of the ‘proceeds of an unlawful activity’ of the immediate past NSA, Sambo Dasuki, for political activities.

Meanwhile, EFCC had on Wednesday, revealed the reason they are yet to release the spokesperson for the opposition party.

According to Rotimi Jacobs, counsel of the anti-graft commission, who spoke with reporters briefly after an Abuja Federal High Court, presided by Justice Abang Okon suspended hearing on Metuh’s case till January 20, “It is not unlawful to detain somebody on the order of the court. There are misinformation everywhere, it’s not done like that. We cannot ignore the law; we cannot do things without due process.

“Under the criminal justice act, you can arrest somebody and go to court to validate it. We have the order.”