Metuh should carry his cross alone - PDP

“Metuh didn’t represent the party in the alleged crimes he’s being prosecuted. The party didn’t benefit from the alleged crime.

“So, he is going to look for sureties himself. We won’t be involved. He would carry his own cross alone, without the party being involved.”

Those were the words of the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abdullahi Jalo when he spoke with The PUNCH correspondent in Abuja on Friday.

Jalo emphasized that since Metuh's alleged offences have nothing to do with the PDP, the party will not be involved in getting sureties to secure his.

Metuh is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a seven-point charge bordering on money laundering and corrupt enrichment.

Specifically, he is alleged to have unlawfully received N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA through his company, Destra Investment Ltd in November 2014.

Although Metuh has admitted receiving the money, he said that it was payment for a job he did for Goodluck Jonathan.

He however did not disclose the type of job he did for the former president.

The PDP spokesman is also facing trial for allegedly destroying a statement he wrote before operatives of the EFCC.

He has been granted bail for both alleged offenses in the total sum of one billion naira.

While Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court, Abuja granted Metuh N400m bail in the money laundering case, Justice Ishaq Bello of a Federal Capital Territory High Court admitted him to bail for N600m in the alleged offense of tearing his own statement.