A witness, Abba Dabo, former Special Adviser to the President in the office of the Vice President on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja how he received the sum of N25 million from National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh.

Abba Dabo, testified that he got the amount on December 5, 2014 for publicity for the PDP and the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Dabo is a former editor of Sunday New Nigeria and Gashiye Tafikwabo, an Hausa newspaper, stated that to carry out the publicity, he set up platforms such as 'Whatsapp Nigeria' and 'Media Support'.     

The witness, who was led in evidence by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel Sylvanus Tahir however explained that he returned the money to the commission in 2015 after he read in the newspapers that it might have been sourced from 'a botched arms deal'.

Under cross examination by Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), Dabo admitted that he did not ask Metuh the source of the money.

Metuh was arraigned by the EFCC on charges of money laundering after he allegedly received the sum of N400 million from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Col. Sambo Dasuki.





Source: DailyTrust Newspaper