Federal High Court, Abuja today orders that the National
Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh,
be remanded in prison till Tuesday which is the scheduled day for the
hearing of his bail application with respect to the charges of money
laundering preferred against him.
Justice Okon Abang gave the order after the PDP spokesperson pleaded
not guilty to the seven counts of money laundering involving N400m,
which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged that he
collected from the Office of the National Security Adviser in November
2014.
The money was allegedly part of the funds meant for the procurement
of arms, but which was released to him for campaign activities of the
PDP by the immediate past NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, who is also
facing other charges bordering on the diversion of arms funds.
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