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A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Olisa Metuh to seven years in prison.The embattled politician has been under trial for money laundering and criminal diversion of funds to the tune of N400 million.
The judge held that Metuh, who had been standing trial for alleged N400m fraud should have known that the money he received was the proceeds of crime. The anti-graft agency had accused Metuh of receiving the money from the Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA.However, the judge held that “Olisa Metuh and Destra Investment Ltd were guilty on count 1 for taking possession and control of N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser which he ought to know was a proceed of crime.”Metuh and Destra Investment Ltd were also found guilty of count 3 for concealing the sum of N400m, a proceed of crime received from the ONSA.
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