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.
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