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The Federal High Court in Abuja today, January 28, adjourned Olisa Metuh’s case to Thursday, January 5, for continuation of trial.
At the court proceedings today, a sixth witness, Kabiru Ibrahim said he received $1 million from a previous witness, PW1, Nneka Ararume.
Ararume is a staff of Assets Resource Management company (ARM) and an investment officer to Metuh, the spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Ibrahim told the court that he was called by PW1 told sell $1 million at the rate of N183 in early December, 2014.
The money totalling N183 million was later transferred to the account of Destra Investments Limited, Olisa Metuh’s company.
He said he has never personally sold dollars to Metuh at an point in time.
“She paid me in cash, I paid her into my account with Diamond Bank and I transferred the money to that account, Destra,” Ibrahim said.
PW6, a bureau de change operator, also said he never did anything wrong in selling dollars to Ararume.
“I don’t know, I don’t have limit.”
Ibrahim also agreed that the huge fund transfer he made was done legitimately by his bank, Diamond Bank.
Meanwhile, the court has admitted a document tendered by the prosecution during the examination of the prosecution witness 5, Yomi Ogunsanya from the PR company that managed the PDP’s image at the last elections campaign.
Since his arrest on January 5, Metuh has been under the EFCC custody and was subsequently ordered by the court to be remanded in Kuje prison custody Metuh.
He is yet to met his bail conditions which was varied today, January 27 by the same judge, Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
At his trial on Monday, January 25, two prosecution witness gave details of how they received millions of naira, changed currencies and made investment for Metuh.
Meanwhile, Adeyanju Deji, the PDP’s director of new media, recently accused President Muhammadu Buhari of denying him access to Metuh.
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