The national publicity unit of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the party’s national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh never received the sum of N1.4 billion from the Office of former National Security Adviser (ONSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
The PDP also said Metuh never received the sum of N4 million monthly from the Office of NSA, adding that the allegations were false and baseless.
A statement Friday by Metuh’s special assistant, Richard Ihediwa, said reports in the media portraying such were completely false, mischievous and fabricated to mislead the public and derail the course of proper investigation on issues relating to Chief Metuh.
“For the avoidance of doubt, neither Chief Metuh nor his office received the figures being bandied. We therefore challenge the EFCC to substantiate that Chief Metuh received the said N1.4 billion figure as well as make public any evidence that he ever received N4 million monthly stipend from the Office of the National Security Adviser.
“This office is deeply worried at the turnout of events since Tuesday when Chief Metuh was arrested and detained while fictitious figures continue to be bandied against him in the media.
“Chief Metuh, as a well-known citizen and a public figure had always stated his readiness to honour any invitation by the EFCC or any agency of government for that matter on any issue regarding any allegations against him.
“This office is therefore persuaded that the continued detention of Chief Metuh is ostensibly part of the plot by the APC to silence or keep the opposition spokesperson out of circulation for obvious reasons of clipping the wings of the opposition PDP,” it said.