“Dasuki Ignored Olisa Metuh’s Enquiry On Source Of Funds” – Witness

Trial of embattled National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, resumed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, with a defence witness, Mr. Colet Odenigbo,maintaining that the defendant sought to know the source of the N400million he received from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA. Odenigbo, who testified as the second prosecution witness, DW-2, told the court that Metuh’s enquiry into the source of the fund, which was given to him for the political campaign of the PDP, was never replied by ONSA.
The witness, who was a former US Naval Officer and a consultant to the office of the PDP National Publicity Secretary, said he accompanied Metuh to meet with a panel of the ONSA, where it was agreed that N400m be given to him to fund the party’s campaign activities for the 2015 general election. Led in evidence by Metuh’s lawyer, Mr. Emeka Etiaba, SAN, the witness said: “My lord, in the course of the meeting,Chief Olisa Metuh asked the ONSA team the source of the payment for the funding of the PDP’s campaign activities. He was not told, rather, they said they will get back to him, which they never did until he (Metuh) was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.”
He told the court that Metuh initially threatened to refund the money if he found out that the source of the money was not from the campaign fund of the party.While being cross-examined by EFCC lawyer, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, the witness said he rendered consultancy services to Metuh, but never had any personal dealing with the ONSA except the day he accompanied the defendant to the meeting where the issue of payment was discussed.
Also being cross-examined by counsel to the 2nd defendant, Chief Tochukwu Onwubufor, SAN,Odenigbo said he was not aware if Metuh eventually refunded the money or not.
He said: “My lord, all I can say is that the defendant all through exhibited qualities of an honest man who was not out to defraud anyone”.

Source:- vanguardngr