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Olisa Metuh, former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his name was erroneously added to the suit filed against the party’s national convention.

In a statement released on Thursday by Richard Ihediwa, his media aide, Metuh stressed that he was too preoccupied with surviving his spinal cord ailment to have time for politics.

He asked to be left out of PDP’s “intra-party controversies”.

“Metuh wishes to inform the general public that he is not part of the suit seeking to stop the convention and he never instructed anyone to file any such suit on his behalf.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Chief Metuh has taken the pains to consult those that went to court and has been reliably informed that his name was listed in error and which they have promised to rectify accordingly.

“It is pertinent to mention that Chief Metuh has not attended any political meeting and/or programme since his chair accident at a function at the party’s National Secretariat in April wherein he aggravated his Metuh, who is currently on bail, is facing trial over N400 million slush arms purchase cash which he allegedly collected from the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd).

“Our appeal therefore is that Chief Metuh at this time should be left out of intra-party controversies. His only preoccupation now remains matters concerning his health and the extant court trial.”