More
witnesses were presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 28, 2016 before Justice Okon
Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to testify in the
ongoing case of alleged money laundering involving the National
Spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party,PDP, Olisa Metuh and his
company, Destra Investment Limited.
Metuh
is being tried for allegedly receiving N400 million (four hundred
million naira) from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo
Dasuki (rtd), who is also being tried for laundering $2.1 billion
At
the last sitting, January 27, 2016, Eno Mfon Efiong, a staff of Diamond
Bank Plc and an account officer of the defendant, who testified as the
4th prosecution witness confirmed to the court, a credit transaction
from the Office of the National Security Adviser into Destra Investment
Limited account.
At
the resumed hearing today, counsel to EFCC, Sylvanus Tahir presented
Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, a Public Relations consultant and Kabiru Ibrahim, a
Bureau De Change Operator who testified as 5th and 6th prosecution
witness respectively.
Badejo-Okusanya,
while being led in evidence, told the court that, he was paid a total
sum of N77m (seventy seven million naira) by the 2nd defendant, Destra
Investment Limited, to carry out media campaigns for PDP.
Documents
in support of his claim including documents containing evidence of
payments for different placements of advertorials of PDP in various
media were tendered and admitted as exhibits.
Testifying,
Ibrahim (PW6) told the court that, he was given the sum of $1m (one
million dollars) to change and pay into the account of Destra Investment
Limited, a sum whose naira equivalent amounted to N103m (one hundred
and three million naira).
Thereafter, Justice Abang adjourned to February 4, 2016 for continuation of trial.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
28th January, 2016
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