Former national publicity secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisah Metuh, on Saturday, accused the Federal Government of subjecting him to two separate trials with the inclusion of his name in the list of looters by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed.
The minister listed Metuh among those who corrupted themselves with public funds in a reaction to the gauntlet by the opposition PDP to the ruling party to name those it alleged looted the treasury while PDP was in the saddle.
Reacting to the minister’s action, Metuh said: “By this publication, the Federal Government has breached our constitution by seeking to burden me with two criminal trials on the same charge, one before Justice Okon Abang and the other before the media.
“The charge against me is that I received the sum of N400 million from the Office of the National Security Adviser to carry out duties assigned to me as the then National Publicity Secretary of the PDP by then President.
“The crux of the prosecution argument is that I ought to have known that the money was a part of an alleged and yet to be proven unlawful activity of Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), former NSA to President Jonathan.
“I have never held a government office and/or position and could not therefore have had any access to government funds. In view of the weakness of the case against me, the APC-led Federal Government resorted to all kinds of dirty tactics to dehumanise and intimidate me,” he stated.
“I have been reliably informed that the Federal Government has ordered a conviction at all cost to ensure that the PDP is tainted before the elections. The government’s determination to achieve this objective is clearly highlighted by the refusal to allow me attend to my deteriorating health notwithstanding several expert medical opinion on the matter,” he said.
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