Olisa Metuh sues FG over his prolonged detention

Embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Monday filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit before a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking for his immediate release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Metuh is being detained for allegedly receiving N400 million from former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki.He said, “I verily believe that the applicant has not committed any offence other than his principled opposition to the ruling government and his arrest and detention are meant to silence the opposition and create a one-party state by the respondents to allow the APC to dominate Nigeria. Nobody knows the present whereabouts of the applicant, as to his exact place of detention, his condition in the custody and how he is faring. Recently, detainees in the custody of the 1st respondent have been dying due to lack of proper care and adequate medical facilities, as the 1strespondent is not normally well-funded to function effectively, except to be used by the ruling government to hound the opposition,”.  In the suit, Metuh prayed the court to order the EFCC and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, sued as the 2nd defendant, to immediately release him.
No judge has been assigned to the case.