Security on trail of Mu’azu, Jonathan’s
Secretary Tukur EFCC to quiz ex-PDP chair on alleged diversion of $2.1b arms cash EFCC on his trail over N600m shared to six chairmen of PDP mobilisation committees. He is believed to be in Asia EFCC interested his role in the botched deal with fake Boko Haram chiefs involving payment of huge cash Security agencies are “watch-listing” former
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman
Adamu Muazu and a former Principal Private
Secretary to former President Goodluck
Jonathan, Hassan Tukur, it was learnt
yesterday. The two influential personalities are said to have
been placed on the watch list over the alleged
diversion of cash meant for arms into the 2015
election campaign and payment of huge ransom
to unknown Boko Haram agents. Also yesterday, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it would not be
intimidated or stampeded to release PDP
National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh. The EFCC said since Metuh had refused to either
refund the N400million traced to him or sign an
undertaken to refund it, he will not be released. Metuh will be allowed to go once he satisfies the
condition for the discretion to be exercised in
his favour, a source said. According to a top security source, Muazu and
Tukur have been under investigation in the last
few months on the arms cash allegedly
disbursed to them for campaign purposes and
counter-insurgency initiative with Boko Haram. The source said: “We need to interact with these
two leaders, who are on watch-list. Since Muazu
went for his daughter’s graduation and medical
treatment, we have not been able to locate him. “We learnt Muazu is around Singapore, Hong
Kong and Malaysia axis. We are on his trail
because some suspects have admitted drawing
campaign funds from the ex-PDP national
chairman. Over N600million has so far been
traced to him. Tukur is believed to have been seen in the
country by security agencies about three or four
days ago. He might be invited over the botched
deal with Boko Haram, which allegedly involved
the payment of a ransom. He is also implicated in
the disbursement of some funds for use in the Presidency for campaign and 2015 poll.” Meanwhile, the EFCC yesterday said it could not
be intimidated or stampeded by any campaign
to release Metuh. The anti-graft agency made its position known
in a statement by its Head of Media and Publicity,
Mr. Wilson Uwujaren. It faulted National Legal Adviser Victor Kwon for
alleging compromise and witch-hunt in its
management of Metuh’s arrest. The statement said: “The attention of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) has been drawn to a statement by the
National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Mr. Victor Kwon, alleging
compromise and witch-hunt in the release of a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC),
Brigadier-General Jafaru Isa, (rtd) by the EFCC. In the statement made available to the media
yesterday, Kwon alleged that: ‘ The release of
Jafaru Isa, a known associate of the President
and chieftain of the APC, eight hours after his
arrest, while our spokesman remains in
detention even when the two are being investigated over same allegation, clearly shows
that the President Buhari-led APC government is
not fighting corruption but using the much-
hyped crusade as a cover to prosecute PDP
leaders and decimate the opposition, a project
the EFCC has clearly yielded itself as a willing tool’. “While the EFCC will not wish to join issues with
Kwon in this regard, it is important that the
public is presented with the facts regarding the
release of Isa. The APC chieftain was arrested for
his involvement in the arms procurement scam,
to the tune of N170,000,000( One Hundred and Seventy Million Naira). “ Upon his arrest, the retired General admitted
receiving the said sum from Dasuki and
immediately refunded a total sum of N100,000,
000( One Hundred Million Naira only), with an
undertaking to refund the balance of
N70,000,000( Seventy Million Naira only) in two weeks. “Besides, his health deteriorated after he was
taken into custody. These two factors prompted
the offer of bail to the suspect. “The grant of bail by the Commission does not
amount to exoneration of the suspect. “Unlike Isa, Metuh, who is exposed to the tune
of N1.2 billion in the arms scandal, has shown
no readiness to refund any amount of money to
the EFCC, nor signed any undertaking to do so at
a future date. Metuh, contrary to claims by his
party, is not being detained illegally as the commission obtained a valid court order to hold
him. “There is no basis for witch-hunt of Metuh.
Nigerians are assured that he will be released
once he satisfies the condition for the discretion
to be exercised in his favour. Until that is done,
the commission will not be intimidated or
stampeded by any campaign of calumny that is intended to detract it. “Kwon claimed rather ridiculously that : ‘We
have information of the marching order from
the Presidency for the immediate release of the
President’s associate and that his issue is one of
the major reasons for the repeated visits of the
EFCC Chairman to the Presidential Villa within the period of his arrest…’ “This is far from the truth. No one micro manage
the EFCC, not even the President. The EFCC is
focussed and will remain un-deterred in its task
of ridding the nation of all forms of corrupt
practices. “There is no modicum of truth in allegations of
selectivity, bias and witch-hunt and the general
public is enjoined to ignore such claims.”

Muazu can't be spared in all of this.


I'm bent on seeing that garullous FFK in prison; this will make my 2016 a sweet one.

Metuh. The EFCC said since Metuh had refused to either
refund the N400million traced to him or sign an
undertaken to refund it, he will not be released.

olisa metuh is a cow!

Is it about GOAT and YAM?[/color]

I don't know why people no de use their brain. Isa cooperated with them refund 60%, instead Methu de show his ewu for EFCC office de complain and protesting through hunger strike. IPOB de complain of unlawful detention. Why don't you ask him to pay 60%and write undertaking on when to balance up.
But I guess he's trying to avoid some people that would have come to him for help if he is at his own liberty that is why he chose to be their. Meanwhile I trust those mosquitoes if they're present there, they must be celebrating since when he has been there