The Spokesman of the People Democratic Party,Chief Oliseh Metuh was on Tuesday arrested by operatives of the EFCC at his Abuja residence.
In statement issued by his Special Assistant Mr Richard Ihediwa.,He said the operatives upon arrival invited him to their headquarters,the operatives disclosed that he has some issues to clear with the commission.It also said he was not under arrest but an invitation in a friendly manner.
"The operatives, four in number, came in a white unmarked Toyota Hiace bus.
"As of the time of issuing this statement, Chief Metuh is still being kept at the commission’s headquarters and his lawyers were making frantic efforts to reach him.
"While details of why Chief Metuh was invited are yet to be made pubic by the commission, it could be recalled that severally, Chief Metuh, as the mouthpiece of the opposition party, had alerted in various press conferences and statements that he has been under threat and that the ruling party and the government have been very uncomfortable with his stance.
"The latest being the outburst and threats by the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun in reaction to Chief Metuh’s criticisms of President Buhari’s widely criticised response on government’s disobedience of court orders, during the last Wednesday’s Media chat."
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