According
to eye witnesses report, the anti-graft officials, four in number. Came in a
white unmarked Toyota Hiace bus and drove away with the PDP’s spokesperson. In a statement
by his Special Assistant, Richard Ihediwa, the operatives arrived this morning
and mandated him to follow them to the office.
“Officials of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrived the Abuja home of the spokesman of
the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh this morning,
inviting him to follow them to the commission’s headquarters. Upon enquiry on
the reasons for the invitation, the officials stated that he has some issues to
clear with the commission. They also said he was not being arrested but
friendly invited. The operatives, four in number, came in a White unmarked
Toyota Hiace bus.”
“While details of why Chief Metuh
was invited is yet to be made public by the commission, it could be recalled
that severally, Chief Metuh, as the mouthpiece of the opposition party had
alerted in various press conferences and statements that he has been under
threat and that the
ruling party and the government have been very uncomfortable with his stance.
“The
latest being the outburst and threats by the National Chairman of the APC,
Chief John Oyegun in reaction to Chief Metuh’s criticisms of President Buhari’s
widely criticized response on government’s disobedience of court orders, during
the last Wednesday’s Presidential Media chat.
“As at
the time of issuing this statement, Chief Metuh is still being kept at the
commission’s headquarters and his lawyers were making frantic efforts to reach
him.
“The
Office of the National Publicity Secretary will keep the public updated on any
development on the issue,” Ihediwa said.
However, it would
be recalled that Chief Metuh was alleged to have received the sum of N1.4 billion from the $2.1billion arms funds indiscriminately diverted to
several politicians by ex-National Security Adviser,Col Sambo Dasuki,(rtd).
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