The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that the continued detention of the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is due to his unwillingness to admit and return the ‘over N400 million’ he allegedly received from embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, denied claims it was on a witch hunt of leaders of the opposition PDP after its continued detention of Metuh and release of Jafaru Isa, an All Progressives Congress chieftain.
Magu claimed that Isa had begun the process of refunding the money in his possession, but that Metuh had refused to do same.
”From the records, Metuh got over N400 million, he has not said anything because we need the public money to be returned so that it’s going to be used for public good.
“Also Jafaru Isa, what Dasuki gave him was N170 million. He also agreed…of course he has collected that money, he was with us for 4-5 days and then he made a deposit of N100 million and entered an undertaking to bring the rest, we admitted him to administrative bail to enable him get the balance. That does not mean we will not prosecute him.
“But this other Metuh, Instead of returning the money, he preferred to go on strike. He still has the money because the money is too much,” Magu said during an interaction with online publishers in Lagos on Monday.
Isa, a former military governor of Kaduna State, was arrested last Wednesday by EFCC operatives for allegedly receiving N170 million from the Dasuki.
Metuh, the Spokesperson of the PDP, has been in EFCC custody since January 5.
The EFCC boss insisted the Commission is not selective in its anti-corruption war, noting that only people involved in “some certain action or inaction of corruption” are being invited for questioning.
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