Ekweremadu To Stand As Metuh’s Surety
Dr.Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President of Nigeria[/caption]
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has agreed to stand as a surety to embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who is facing trial over alleged N400 million fraud.
Metuh is answering to a seven-count charge, proffered against him and his firm, Destra Investment Limited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Ekweremadu will replace Dr. Olubumi Usim-Wilson, who indicated his decision to withdraw as a surety for Metuh.
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The N400 million was said to have been released to Metuh and his firm by the immediate past NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).
The money was said to be part of the $2.1bn earmarked for the purchase of firearms to fight insurgency in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria.
At the resumed hearing of the case on Monday, Metuh, through his lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), notified the court of his intention to present Ekweremadu as one of his sureties.
He made the application while the application filed by Usim-Wilson to withdraw as surety was still pending.
