Former president, Goodluck Jonathan has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the subpoena compelling him to appear in the trial of former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh.
Metuh was in January 2016 arraigned on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering for allegedly receiving the sum of N400 million from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. Howver, the former president avers that the charges against Metuh have no nexus or connection to him to warrant an invitation to testify in the charge.
Where the court refuses to set aside the summons, Jonathan wants the court to make an order directing Metuh to deposit the sum of N1 billion with the court to cover his travel expenses and security from his hometown of Otuoke in Bayelsa State to Abuja and also for logistics “to cover any period of time that he might spend appearing before this honourable court as President of Nigerian between 2010 and 2015.”
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Jonathan filed the notice on Monday via his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), and said that the request was in line with the provision of Section 241 (2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015.
