How PDP spokesman paid N77.5m to PR firm for Jonathan’s campaign

chika ebuzor

January 29, 2016 4:40 AM

Ogunsanya testified before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, as one of the witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Olisa Metuh arrives Abuja court in handcuffs on January 19, 2016.

Mr. Yomi Gbadejo Ogunsanya, a Public Relations consultant with CMC Connect, has revealed how Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Olisa Metuh spent part of the N400m he was given.

He testified before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, as one of the witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Vanguard reports that Ogunsanya said “When Metuh became National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, I met with him, and he said he liked the work we did for the party in the past, but unfortunately that the party did not have money to pay us to continue with the work.

“He promised to compensate us whenever an opportunity arose. This was in 2012. Early November 2014, I got a call from him and he asked me where I was. I told him I was in Lagos. He said he wanted me to come to Abuja to attend a meeting.”

He said Metuh took him to the Presidential Villa, where he spoke to former President Goodluck Jonathan and other PDP.

Ogunsanya also said “He(GEJ) took everything in good faith and asked us to go. The next evening, Metuh called me and said that it seemed like I made an impression on the President. He asked me to coordinate the media campaign plan for the PDP presidential election.

“So, we set about the work with a plan. I was meeting Metuh severally on the ideas we had on how we could position the party in the minds of Nigerians.”

The PR consultant said Metuh issued a Destra Investment Limited cheque of N7.5 to him on December 1, 2014.

Read: Why PDP spokesman was handcuffed to court

Adding that a second payment of N70m was transferred from Destra Investment Limited On December 15, 2015, to CMC Connect.

Vanguard also reports that EFCC tendered all the evidence relating to the transactions before court.

Metuh has since been released from Kuje prisons after meeting his bail conditions.

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