Olisa Metuh Sues AGF, EFCC, Seeks Release From Detention
The
embattled spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh,
who has been in EFCC custody has taken a step towards securing his
release.
Olisa Metuh
The detained National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Monday filed a fundamental rights
enforcement suit before a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking his
immediate release from custody, Punch reports.
Metuh claimed in the suit he filed through his lawyer, Ebun-Olu
Adegboruwa, that his arrest was part of the grand plan of the ruling All
Progressives Congress to silence the opposition and make Nigeria a
one-party country.
Metuh had since January 5, 2016 been taken into
custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for
questioning for allegedly benefiting from the $2.1bn arms funds
allegedly diverted by a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo
Dasuki (retd.).
The EFCC believed that Metuh received N400m of the allegedly diverted arms funds, but the PDP spokesperson had reportedly claimed that the sum was for an undisclosed service he rendered to former President, Goodluck Jonathan.
The EFCC believed that Metuh received N400m of the allegedly diverted arms funds, but the PDP spokesperson had reportedly claimed that the sum was for an undisclosed service he rendered to former President, Goodluck Jonathan.
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