Two
witnesses brought before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission have told the court how the spokesperson of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, and his company, Dextra Investments
Limited, transferred the sum of $2million
allegedly collected from the office
of the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
The
first prosecution witness, Nneka Ararume, a wealth manager dealing in
management of equities, fixed income instruments and real estate, said she collected
the sum of $2million dollars from Mr. Metuh sometime in December 2014.
She
explained further that she went ahead to change the money to its naira
equivalent through two bureau de change operators she engaged.
She
said, “He gave me the sum of $2m in $100 bills. It was taken to bureau de
change operators who would then transfer the money to ARM. From there , I
proceeded to Mr. Sie Iyenome’s office at Wuse 2 where I gave him the sum of
$1m.
“I also
invited Mr. Kabir Mohammed and I also gave him the sum of $1m to transfer the
naira equivalent in favour of Destra Investment Limited. Later on the same day,
December 2, 2014, Mr. Kabir and Mr. Sie Iyenome confirmed the receipt.”
She
said she changed the dollars into Nigerian currency and had it transferred to
Mr. Metuh’s account.
The
second witness, a bureau de change operator, said he had the sum of $1 million
dollars exchanged to N183 million and transferred to the account of Dextra
Investments Limited.
He
however said he had no knowledge of either Mr. Metuh or his company, Dextra
investment Limited, before that time.
Mr.
Metuh is standing trial for allegedly collecting N400 million from Mr Dasuki’s
office.
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