Nigeria: Presidency Denies Link With Metuh's Ordeal At EFCC

7 January 2016

Rising from its first sitting in the new year, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday declared that the Federal Government was not muzzling the opposition. It exonerated the government of complicity in the arrest of the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, over the allegations of fraud and money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

However, the Lagos State chapter of the PDP has accused the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, of instigating Metuh's persecution. The party said that its members would seek asylum if their persecution continued.

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