Embattled former spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Olisah Metuh has begged a Federal High Court in Abuja to ask the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to unfreeze his bank accounts as members of his family are now hungry as a result of his being penniless.
Metuh, who made the oral application today, Tuesday, as he was being led in evidence by his Counsel, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), said: “I do not know where to get my next meal from. The EFCC went ahead to freeze all my accounts yesterday and I cannot get any money to feed myself and my family. I do not even know how I am going to exist from now on. As it stands now, I cannot access both my Naira and Dollar accounts so I do not even have money to buy pain relief if I have a headache or even water to sustain my family.”
He appealed to the court to compel EFCC to immediately unfreeze his accounts, adding that he remained innocent of the crime he was charged for, even as he confessed that he was terrified on the action of the EFCC.
According to Metuh, he learnt of the no-debit order placed on his account after his failed transaction on one of the accounts today, Tuesday, even as he reminded the court that the continuous freezing of all his bank accounts by the prosecution had left him and his family starving.
However, Justice Okon Abang instructed Metuh’s counsel to discuss with the counsel representing the Federal Government, Sylvanus Tahir to resolve the issue as he adjourned the matter to Thursday and Friday for continuous hearing.
The EFCC is prosecuting Metuh and his Destra Investments Limited, on seven counts of money laundering and fraudulent receipt of N400 million from the Office of the former National Security Adviser (retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki), on November 22, 2014, for PDP campaign activities.
Source: NAN.
