The embattled National Publicity
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday,
opened his defence to the seven-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, preferred against him.
Olisa Metuh Olisa Metuh In a bid to
establish his innocence, Metuh, who is facing trial alongside his company,
Destra Investment Limited, over alleged N400 million fraud, produced his first
witness to testify before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The witness, DW-1, Mr. Ike Abonyi,
who identified himself as a journalist and Media Consultant to the PDP,
narrated before the court, events that led to the alleged transfer of N400
million into Metuh’s company account, prior to the 2015 presidential election.
Abonyi, who said he was part of the
media team engaged to help and “repackage the battered image of the PDP,” told
the court that he attended the meeting where former President Goodluck Jonathan
directed Metuh to submit his corporate account for money to be “dropped” into
it to enhance campaign activities of the party.
Led in evidence by Metuh’s lawyer,
Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, the witness said ex-President Jonathan gave the
directive after he watched a presentation that was made by a team of media
experts constituted by Metuh to launder his image before the general election.
He said the team was headed by the Managing Director of a public relations firm,
CNC Connect, Mr. Yomi Badejo.
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