More revelations have been made about the corruption allegations against Olisa Metuh as yet another witness makes yet another implicating statement.
Olisa Metuh
A witness on Wednesday testified before the Federal High Court in Abuja revealing that the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, had N400 million paid into his account on November 24, 2014 by the office of a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Mr. Metuh for allegedly receiving N400 million from Mr. Dasuki. The money is believed to be part of an alleged $2.1 billion Mr. Dasuki is accused of diverting while he was NSA.
Premium Times reports that the witness, Eno Mfon Effiong, a staff of Diamond Bank, is the fourth Prosecution Witness ((PW4) to testify before Justice Okon Abang on the case involving Mr. Metuh.
She is a customer relations manager at the bank, with the responsibility of attending to customer requests, packaging credits facilities, and managing customers’ accounts.
Ms Effiong informed the court that she managed Dextra Investment Limited account since Feb 10,2014 when the company opened the account at her bank. She also told the court that on November 24, 2014, the sum of N400m was paid into the account of Dextra investment’s Limited from the office of the NSA.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Mr. Metuh for allegedly receiving N400 million from Mr. Dasuki. The money is believed to be part of an alleged $2.1 billion Mr. Dasuki is accused of diverting while he was NSA.
Premium Times reports that the witness, Eno Mfon Effiong, a staff of Diamond Bank, is the fourth Prosecution Witness ((PW4) to testify before Justice Okon Abang on the case involving Mr. Metuh.
She is a customer relations manager at the bank, with the responsibility of attending to customer requests, packaging credits facilities, and managing customers’ accounts.
Ms Effiong informed the court that she managed Dextra Investment Limited account since Feb 10,2014 when the company opened the account at her bank. She also told the court that on November 24, 2014, the sum of N400m was paid into the account of Dextra investment’s Limited from the office of the NSA.
She said the company operated five accounts and that Mr. Metuh once demanded statements of his account, which was delivered to him in his residence.
At that point, Mr. Metuh’s lawyer, Emeka Etiaba, objected to the presentation of some documents by the witness. Mr. Itiaba told the court that one of the documents, a letter, did not relate to the statement of the witness.
He further argued that the witness is not the originator of the documents presented and should therefore not testify regarding it.
Mr. Itiaba prayed the court to discountenance the documents tendered by the witness, saying most of them did not comply with section 84 of the Evidence Act.
Responding however, the prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, urged the court to dismiss the objection for lack of merit, stating that its aim was to mislead the court.
Mr. Tahir’s prayer was upheld by Justice Abang.
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