BREAKING: Metuh requests to call Jonathan as witness, Dasuki kicks

A former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Part (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has requested that former president, Goodluck Jonathan serve as his defence witness in a case at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Metuh who is facing trial over allegation that he received N400million prior to the 2015 general election, through his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), told Justice Okon Abang that he had written Jonathan to that effect but that the former President did not reply,The Punch reports.

Ikpeazu said he intends to apply for a subpoena to be issued on Jonathan so that he can appear as witness in the case against his client.

He said: We have another witness on subpoena, and at the end of the evidence of this another witness, we will take a decision on whether or not the first defendant (Metuh) will testify.

“The other witness we want to subpoena is Goodluck Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

“We wrote him a letter but he did not respond and our plan will be to apply for the subpoena after the first application (for subpoena to be issued on Dasuki).”

However, Metuh’s request to compel detained former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, as Metuh’s defence witness was however resisted by Dasuki’s lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN).

Although Ikpeazu said Dasuki was scheduled to be the next to testify for the defence, the ex-NSA was absent from court on Monday.

Dasuki’s lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), was however in court to oppose the request to compel the ex-NSA to testify as Metuh’s defence witness.