EFCC duty log reveals why Metuh tore his confessional statement

Details of what the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh wrote in the confessional statement which he tore on January 5, 2015 have emerged.

The details are contained in the accounts of EFCC operatives who witnessed the incident as registered in their incidents record book which is part
of the documents filed along with the charges of destruction of evidence preferred against him by the anti graft agency before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja.

According to the record book, Metuh tore his statement on January 5, 2016 while being interrogated for an alleged fraudulent receipt of N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA and a money laundering allegation involving a separate sum of $2m.

The incidents records book also indicated that the pieces of the torn statement have been kept in the custody of EFCC's exhibits keeper.

See the time line of the event as registered in the incidents records book by Detective Junaid Sa'id.

“12.30 hours: Mr. Metuh Olisa began to volunteer his statement under words of caution.

“15.30 hours: Mr. Metuh Olisa concluded his statement which was of four pages. I passed the statements to the team leader, CSP Ibrahim Musa, to read over and endorse accordingly but in the process of reading and after endorsing pages one and two, he swiftly tore into pieces page three of his statement which read that former President Jonathan had asked him to make available, account details owed by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, and the debts owed him personally and some media houses.

“He further stated that he gave the account details of Destra Investments Ltd. to the President and thereafter he received the payment of N400m into his company’s accounts which he used for specific assignments given to him by the President of which he was not willing to disclose for what purpose.

“I thereafter refused to give him page four of his statement for endorsement because I did not want him to tear it as well. This incidence happened in the presence of the following officers: Mr. Ibrahim Musa, Mr. Wetkas Michael, Mr. Bello Umar, Ms. Ibrahim, who were all carrying out their various assignments.

“16.30 hours: The torn page of the statement which is in pieces was registered with the exhibit keeper and the incident recorded in the incidence record book of the commission.”