Release Or Charge Our Son To Court, Olisa Metuh's Family Tells FG

Four days after the arrest of the National
Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, by officials of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, his family has cried out, demanding that
he should be released or charged to court.
In a statement, yesterday by Chief Gilbert Metuh
for the Obi-Ezeani- Nnewi family, it said that the
charges for which the PDP's spokesperson who
was arrested had not be known to him, the
family and the public.
The family raised alarm that it was worried
about the health and safety of Metuh.
It will be recalled that officials of the EFCC,
Tuesday, arrested Olisa Metuh for interrogation
and he has since remained there.
The family's statement said, among other
things: ''Whereas the charges for which Chief
Metuh is being detained for over 48 hours now
had not been formally made known.
''We have confronted our son with the
allegations (in the media) and he assured us
that they are completely false.''
The operatives, four in number, came in a White
unmarked Toyota Hiace bus and picked Metuh
from his Prince and Princess residence, Abuja.
A statement by his Special Assistant, Richard
Ihediwa on Tuesday read: ''Officials of EFCC
arrived the Abuja home of the spokesman of the
opposition PDP, Chief Metuh, inviting him to
follow them to the commission's headquarters.
''Upon enquiry for the reasons for the
invitation, the officials stated that he has some
issues to clear with the commission. They also
said he was not being arrested but friendly
invited. The operatives, four in number, came in
a White unmarked Toyota Hiace bus.''