The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh is
said to have used some of the funds he allegedly received from former
National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki to purchase a property in
the exclusive Banana Island area of Lagos State.
The revelation was
made today, February 9, 2016, by Junaid Sa’id, a witness in the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) money laundering case against
Metuh.
The PDP spokesperson is said to have used bout N500m out of
funds received from Dasuki, who’s also being tried for corruption, to
buy the property.
“Investigation revealed that after payment of
N400m by ONSA, a total sum of N366m was paid into the same account by
one Kabiru Ibrahim, who also paid in N150m; Capital Field Investment
Limited paid in N91m, and one Eyitonye, paid in N82m,” Sa’id said
“These
funds formed the naira equivalent of $2m, which the first defendant
[Metuh] gave to one Nneka Ararume in cash. Investigations revealed that
all this money was used for PDP campaign activities and for personal use
by the first defendant.
“The money used for PDP campaign activities
were from the sum of N400m. Among the disbursement made, the sum of
N77.5m was paid to CMC connect for campaign activities; the sum of N25m
was paid to Abba Dabo for campaign activities; and the sum of N21.7m was
paid to Chief Tony Anenih. Another sum of N5m was discovered to have
been paid to Chief Kema Chikwe, and the sum of N50m was found to have
been transferred to a joint account of the first defendant and his wife.
“The
sum of N500m was also discovered to have been transferred to Daniel
Ford International Limited in two tranches of N200m and N300m for the
purpose of buying landed property at Banana Island, Lagos, by Metuh,” he added. Metuh was previously imprisoned at the Kuje Prison on the charges but is currently free on bail.
Dasuki
is at the center of the massive money laundering investigation and is
alleged to have supervised the looting of $2.1 billion in funds which
were meant for the procurement of arms for Nigeria's military. He was
arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on December 1, 2015
and handed over to the EFCC the day after. The former NSA is reported to
have implicated several prominent persons in the deal including former
governors, ex-ministers and members of the PDP. Dasuki was released on
bail from Kuje Prison in December 2015 but was soon re-arrested by the
DSS.


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