As concerns grow among his party leaders and supporters for his release from week-long detention, the embattled spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, reportedly ran into a fresh trouble with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for tearing his voluntary statement to the commission.
Metuh, who was arrested, last week, for questioning over allegation that he received N400 million of the $2.1 billion arms cash from the Office of National Security Adviser, ONSA, reportedly tore the statement he volunteered earlier to the operatives investigating him.
A top source in the Commission told Vanguard, last night, that a desperate Metuh had resorted to the act when he realised that his ‘hunger strike’ had not softened the resolve of the agency to keep him in custody pending arraignment.
The suspect, competent sources disclosed, was presented with copies of his statement to endorse by the investigating officer, but rather than sign the document, Metuh on realizing the weight of his confession, seized the documents and proceeded to tear them.
Metuh was said to be contemplating stuffing the papers into his mouth in a bid to swallow them when he was stopped by operatives, who managed to recover the torn pieces of papers from the PDP spokesman.
A source said the action of Metuh in trying to destroy major evidence in the case was an offense which could attract a separate charge in court.
An official of the EFCC said last night: “The tearing of statement is tantamount to willful destruction of government property and it is a serious offense.
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