According to reports, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh was planning to flee the country before he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of corruption.
Was PDP spokesperson trying to flee from Nigeria before arrest?
Metuh had allegedly planned to escape to the Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis after allegedly obtaining citizenship of the country through substantial financial investment.
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According to Sahara Reporters, Metuh had planned to escape to the Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis after allegedly obtaining citizenship of the country through substantial financial investment.
The report says the PDP spokesperson was intending to fly first to Dubai before heading to his final destination.
“Our information is that Chief Metuh was planning to move there [St. Kitts and Nevis] to avoid possible arrest and trial [for corrupt enrichment],” a source told Sahara Reporters.
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Metuh was arrested by the EFCC yesterday, January 5, 2016, as part of investigations into the $2.1 billion arms deal fraud which was allegedly supervised by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.
The PDP spokesperson was accused of receiving N400 million from Dasuki while a sum of N1.4 billion was also allegedly traced to the account of a company linked to him (Metuh).
Dasuki is at the center of the massive money laundering investigation and is alleged to have supervised the looting of the funds which were meant for the procurement of arms for Nigeria's military.
He was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on December 1, 2015 and handed over to the EFCC the day after.
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The former NSA is reported to have implicated several prominent persons in the deal including former governors, ex-ministers and members of the PDP.
Dasuki’s lawyer however denied the report that his client had become an informant while the former NSA said that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan was aware of the transactions he had made.
Jonathan has however denied authorizing the release of the stated funds despite the former NSA’s claim that he got the necessary presidential approval for the transactions.
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Dasuki was released on bail from Kuje Prison in December 2015 but was soon re-arrested by the DSS.
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