Fresh revelations have surfaced in the case against the Peoples Democratic Party spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, as a staff of Diamond Bank, Iniobong Effiong, on Wednesday testified against him.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission called Effiong as its fourth witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, on charges of money laundering and fraudulent receipt of N400m from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

Effiong, the account officer who manages the five accounts owned by Metuh and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, with Diamond Bank testified before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

She revealed that the balance on the company’s account before its account was credited with N400m by the NSA office on November 24, 2014 was N6,676,576.06.

Effiong, who has managed the account of Metuh’s Destra Investment Limited since inception, also testified that the account was opened in February 2013.

She disclosed that the former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, paid a sum of N400 million into the company’s account on November 24, 2014.

Effiong said: “The statement of account has credit and debit transactions and it is on the bank’s letter head. On November 24, 2014 there was a credit into the account of Destra Investment Limited. The amount was N400m. The narration was CBN/CIFTS/NAT Security ADVIS. In simple terms, it means a credit from the National Security Adviser.”

“Shortly before the inflow, the balance on the account was N6,676,576.06.”

The justice of the federal high court, Abuja, Okon Abang, had earlier delivered a bench ruling admitting some documents tendered by the prosecution counsel, Tahir Sylvanus, as evidence against Metuh.

Counsel to Metuh, Emeka Etiaba,had then asked the court to dismiss some correspondence between Diamond Bank and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as evidence against his client, a move Abang overruled for lacking in merit.

He therefore admitted, in evidence, a letter from Diamond Bank to the EFCC containing the statement of account, account opening document and certificate of identification of Destra Investment Limited.

He also admitted, in evidence, a letter from the EFCC to Diamond Bank asking for the bank details of the company.

Effiong is the fourth witness to testify against Metuh.