A Former National Publicity
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has insisted
that former President Goodluck Jonathan must appear in court.
Metuh insisted that the Federal
High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice O.E. Abang should invite Jonathan
to give evidence in his ongoing trial.
The former PDP Spokesperson is
facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC
alongside his company, Destra Investment.
They are being tried on
seven-count charges, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N400 million,
which he allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser,
ONSA, in 2014 under Sambo Dasuki as national security adviser without justification.
“This is because I made a
presentation and he informed me that he will make funds available for the
prosecution of that national assignment and he even called me to tell me that
the N400 million has been paid.
“I do not expect the President to
be an agent of any individual or organ of his office, but I do know that he has
a lot of aides that handle matters relating to different aspects.”
He called the attention of the
court to the fact that he applied for the former President to be subpoenaed to
give evidence concerning his claim that he was authorized by the ex-president
but that the court ignored him, restating that the court should subpoena
Jonathan to come and give evidence in the matter.
Metuh revealed that Mike
Ozekhome, the then lawyer to Jonathan told him that he needed to pay about N1.2
billion for Jonathan’s transportation and to guarantee his security, before he
could come to the court.
He added, “I am just hearing for
the first time that the former president denied knowing me and had no business
with me. I am not in a position to confirm or deny about the opposition of his
excellency to be a witness; I can only confirm that he insisted that I should
pay N1.2 billion.”
At this point, the prosecution
tendered the certified copies of the motion document filed by Ozekhome and
tendered the motion filed on October 27, 2017 by him on behalf of the former President
Jonathan, seeking to set aside the subpoena as well as the affidavit in support
of the said motion and written address.
The prosecution also tendered a
counter-affidavit of the senior counsel, made on October 30, 2017 but filed on
November 1, 2017.
Justice Abang adjourned the
matter to Thursday, September, 26, 2019 for conclusion of arguments and
admissibility of documents and for continuation of trial.
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