Following the discovery that the
national publicity secretary of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh allegedly
partook in the sharing of funds meant to
purchase arms for the Nigerian Army battling
insurgency in the northeast.
Political commentator, Kess Ewubare of
explains how Metuh triggered his current
travails which may eventually lead to his
political irrelevance.
The PDP has described Metuh’s arraignment in
handcuffs as a “brazen display of
authoritarianism” by the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration
Popular for the wrong reasons
For the past weeks, Chief Olisa Metuh has
been popular for all the wrong reasons. Since
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) arrested the national
publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) at his residence located at drive
one, Prince and Princess Estate, in the Games
Village area of Abuja January 5, he has
dominated in all sections of the media.
Metuh is facing investigation for allegedly
collecting about N400m from the office of the
former national security adviser, Sabo Dasuki,
part of the funds meant for the procurement
of arms and ammunition for the fight against
Boko Haram in northeast which the Nigerian
Army never received, thanks to patriotic
citizens like Metuh.
But the climax of Metuh’s predicament came
when he was handcuffed by the Nigeria Prisons
Service (NPS) as he appeared for his trial at the
Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday,
January 19.
As expected, the arrest and handcuffing Metuh
has drawn widespread condemnation from the
PDP. The opposition has ran to the gallery
accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of
using anti-corruption agencies and other
institutions of state to subject accused persons
like Metuh to inhuman treatment.
The party also claims Metuh’s ordeal at the
hands of the anti-graft agencies was an intent
by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led
administration to deride the PDP as well as
taint the party as a party of corrupt individuals
even when they were yet to be convicted by
any competent court.
But these baseless accusations by a party
which celebrates people like James Ibori, Peter
Odili, Joshua Dariye, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha,
Lucky Igbinedion, Chief Bode George, Sambo
Dasuki and Goodluck Jonathan among others
who are accused of perpetuating corruption in
high places should not come as a surprise to
Nigerians.
How Metuh Committed Political Suicide
What the PDP has failed to realise is that Olisa
Metuh committed political suicide when he
collected N400m from Dasuki and still had the
nerve to attract attention to himself by
constantly attacking an administration that was
busy trying to deal with the mess that he and
his league of looters had created.
Prior to his arrest, Metuh displayed the kind of
disposition that violates the principle “that he
who comes to equity must come with clean
hands” . Aware that he had skeletons in his
cupboard, Metuh should have kept quiet
rather than constantly gallivanting the media
taking swipes at the APC administration which
is battling to clean the filth he and his PDP
cohorts have heaped on the country.
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He shot himself in the foot when he chased
cheap popularity by raising alarm that the
economy of the country was crumbling and
that the insurgency in the northeast was
worsening when he knew that he was among
those who had milked Nigeria dry and shared
in the blood money many of our gallant
soldiers died for but never received.
In a Punch report dated January 12, 2016,
Olisa Metuh himself made a confessional
statement to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission that Goodluck Jonathan
gave him N400m for a job which he refused to
disclose. This was after he tore his confessional
statement and decided to swallow the paper so
as to eat his words literally.
How PDP is advertising shamelessness
Even after his confession, the PDP has chosen
to close its eye to Metuh’s statements by
pretending that shame has gone out of fashion.
In advertising shamelessness, the party still has
the nerve to demand for the release of Metuh,
warning that his arrest was capable of ruining
the country’s democracy as stated by its
national secretary, Prof. Adewale Oladipo, in a
Punch report of January 5, 2016.
Let’s ask this question, if a man who has
confessed to stealing N400M (one million in
400 places) is handcuffed, is it be a big deal?
Olisah Metuh deserves what he is getting, he
should have learnt from men like Chief Bode
George and Peter Odili who have chosen to lay
low so as to hide their alleged financial crimes.
One thing is certain following Metuh’s arrest,
he is on his way to political irrelevance now
that some national officers of the party have
asked him and the acting chairman, board of
trustees, Haliru Mohammed and others to step
down with immediate effect.
Whether his political death comes now or
later, Metuh should bear in mind that he
caused his own downfall by talking too much
when he knew he had skeletons in his
cupboard.
Source: https://www.naij.com/706591-dasukigate-olisa-metuh-committed-political-suicide.html

If there is honour amongst thieves then Metuh should kindly resign his position as the spokesman for the PDP to save his party some honour.

Biblically no man put a coal of fire in his bossom and will not expect to be burn. You can't be talking too much when you knew you have cockcroaches in your wardrobe.
An unintelligent posture brought Metuh to his kneels, what messages will i listen to when my preacher has been once cuffed for ill vices?

Nice

Oliseh Metuh, ohhhh, how the mighty and once relevant spokes man of PDP is being rubbished by the common toothless EFCC and gradually being driven into political irrelevance.
He would have resigned last year and ran to the Bahamas to enjoy his loot peacefully but the GREED to hand on as Media and Publicity Secretary of the sinking PDP was too much for him to handle.
I WISH HIM THE VERY BEST IN HIS TRAVAILS.