The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again slam fresh
charges on the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh,
less than 48 hours after the Federal High Court, Abuja, granted him N400m bail
over a seven-count charge of corruption. The EFCC officail reportedly drove the embattled politician into the premises of the FCT
High Court on Thursday morning.
Details of the new charges are unclear at this time, but the
anti-graft commission had on January 12 accused Mr. Metuh of shredding a
confessional statement he made to its operatives, indicating it would
charge him separately for attempting to destroy a major evidence in the
case against him.
“The tearing of statement is tantamount to willful destruction of government property and it is a serious offence,” the official had told this newspaper at the time. “Also the fact that he obstructed operatives from performing their job is also a criminal offence. We will explore the possibility of filling a separate charge against him at the Federal Capital Territory High Court.”
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