The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, Monday opened its case against PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh by calling two people to the witness box.
First to testify in a case of money laundering involving the sum of N400m that Metuh allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA in November 2014 was Nneka Ararume, a wealth manager and employee of Asset and Resource Management Company Limited.
Nneka told the court that she collected $2m in cash from Metuh at his home in Prince and Princess Estate, Abuja, with the instruction to invest on his behalf.
She added that she proceeded from there to convert the $2m to the naira equivalent with the help of two bureau de change operators.
Her words:
“He gave me the sum of $2m in $100 bills. It was taken to bureau de change operators who would then transfer the money to ARM. From there (Metuh’s house) I proceeded to Mr. Sie Iyenome’s office at Wuse 2 where I gave him the sum of $1m.
“I also invited Mr. Kabir Mohammed and I also gave him the sum of $1m to transfer the naira equivalent in favour of Destra Investment Limited. Later on the same day, December 2, 2014, Mr. Kabir and Mr. Sie Iyenome confirmed the receipt.”
At this point, Sie Iyenome mounted the witness box to narrate how he converted the $1 given to him by Nneka to the naira equivalent before paying it into the account of ARM.
After both witnesses were cross-examined by the prosecution counsel, Justice Okon Abang adjourned till tomorrow, Tuesday for the EFCC to call more witnesses.
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