DASUKIGATE: METUH REMANDED IN PRISON TILL TUESDAY

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered that the embattled National Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh be remanded in prison till Tuesday, January 19, the day scheduled for the hearing of his bail application with respect to the charges of money laundering filed against him.

Justice Okon Abang gave the order after the PDP spokesperson pleaded not guilty to all seven counts charge of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The EFCC alleged that Metuh received N400m, part of the money meant for the procurement of arms, from the Office of the National Security Adviser in November 2014.

The judge, who was newly redeployed from Lagos Division of the court to the Abuja Division, warned lawyers against filing frivolous application targeted at the delaying the case.

Abang said, “Abuja Bar, please note this, there will be no frivolous application to delay the case. The trial will start on January 25. Order of accelerated hearing is granted and the case will continue day to day. Prosecution, you must get your witnesses ready every day,”

According to PUNCH, Metuh and Destra allegedly transferred the sum of N21.8m to Anenih and they (Metuh and Destra) thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15(2) (b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended in 2012) and punishable under section 15(3) of the same Act.

The EFCC alleged in the last and seventh count that of the N400m collected from the NSA office, Metuh transferred the sum of N21, 776,000 to Anenih on December 4, 2014.

The court proceedings on Friday continued despite the protest of Metuh's supporters who called for his release.

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