More witnesses testify at on-going trial of Metuh

By -
(Nigeria) More witnesses were presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, before Justice Okon Abang of a 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 from former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), who is also being tried for laundering $2.1 billion
At the last sitting on Wednesday,  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 on Thursday, 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 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 to change and pay into the account of Destra Investment Limited, a sum whose naira equivalent amounted to N103m.
Thereafter, Justice Abang adjourned to February 4, 2016 for continuation of trial.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

UBTH @50: Obaseki hails institution’s role in strengthening Edo healthcare

By -
Image
(Nigeria) Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has commended the staff and management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, for their unwavering commitment, dedication, and hard work in providing high-quality healthcare services to the people of Edo State and Nigeria in the past fifty years. Obaseki, at a dinner organized in honour of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors of Nigeria, at the Government House, Benin City, reassured the government’s continuous partnership and collaboration with the federal government-owned health institution to strengthen the health system and ensure quality health delivery to Edo people. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Philip Shaibu, reeled out the gains of the government’s reforms in the health sector, commending the medical centre for bolstering the government’s efforts at transforming Edo State into a health hub. He said, "We came into a wilderness where you have to cut a part for yourself and fix it. We held
Read more

NBC has no powers to impose fine on broadcast stations --Court

By -
Image
(Nigeria) The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been restrained by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. Trial judge in the matter, Justice James Omotosho also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed on March 1, 2019, on each of 45 broadcast stations. The court made the orders in its judgment a suit by the Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda, MRA, which had sued the NBC. Justice Omotosho held that the NBC, not being a court of law, had no power to impose sanctions as punishment on broadcast stations. The court further held that the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, which gives the commission the power to impose sanction, is in conflict with Section 6 of the Constitution that vested judicial power in the court of law. He said the court would not sit idle and watch a body imposing fine arbitrarily without recourse to the law. He said that the commission did not comply with the law when it sat as a complainant and at
Read more