‘Metuh Never Received N1.4 billion Or N4 million Monthly from ONSA’ – PDP Publicity

The office of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) has noted certain apparently sponsored reports in some
section of the media dropping figures and falsely claiming that Chief
Olisa Metuh got the sum of N1.4 billion in addition to receiving N4
million monthly stipend from the Office of the former National Security
Adviser.

These reports are completely false, mischievous and fabricated to
mislead the public and derail the course of proper investigation on
issues relating to Chief Metuh.

For the avoidance of doubt, neither Chief Metuh nor his office received
the figures being bandied. We therefore challenge the EFCC to
substantiate that Chief Metuh received the said N1.4 billion figure as
well as make public any evidence that he ever received N4 million
monthly stipend from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

This office is deeply worried at the turnout of events since Tuesday
when Chief Metuh was arrested and detained while fictitious figures
continue to be bandied against him in the media.

Chief Metuh, as a well-known citizen and a public figure had always
stated his readiness to honor any invitation by the EFCC or any agency
of government for that matter on any issue regarding any allegations
against him.

This office is therefore persuaded that the continued detention of Chief
Metuh is ostensibly part of the plot by the APC to silence or keep the
opposition spokesperson out of circulation for obvious reasons of
clipping the wings of the opposition PDP.

Signed:

Richard Ihediwa
Special Assistant To
PDP National Publicity Secretary