Following his Friday’s arrest and and eventual release by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, has returned to his Abuja residence, affirming that he has nothing to hide about his term in office as the governor of Akwa Ibom State.
The petitioner, Leo Ekpenyong alleged that Akpabio, fraudulently converted N108.1 billion belonging to Akwa Ibom State during his tenure as governor.
Akpabio, who honoured the anti-graft agency’s invitation, accompanied by a few aides and his lawyer, Ricky Tarfa (SAN), said via his Twitter handle, @SenAkpabio managed by his social media team, that he has arrived home some hours after.
The tweets read: “His Excellency, Senator Akpabio is back to the house. We want to reaffirm that he has nothing whatsoever to hide about his term in office in Akwa Ibom.”
Earlier, @SenAkpabio had tweeted: “Senator Akpabio was never arrested. He simply obliged an invitation to come and answer some questions at the EFCC headquarters.
“Senator Akpabio has nothing to hide that’s why he walked into EFCC himself this evening to answer questions about his tenure in Akwa Ibom.
“Those who are playing politics with the decision of Senator Akpabio to honour the EFCC invitation must be acting a known script.
“Senator Akpabio was called from EFCC to come for explanations and he drove there himself 50 minutes later. So, why all the news of arrest?” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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you see animals trying to give us human rights... They said that they want to fight corruption... amechi. fashola is minister walking about freely... and efcc didn't know about them... now they want to use apkabio to learn work... I said it Nigeria government is built on corruption and if you are not corrupt you can not rule Nigeria...
ReplyDeleteDon't mind the APC's propagandists. To the likes of Joe ekpeyong and the APC, if N108. 1 billion need to be converted and yet we the Akwa Ibomites can see, feel, touch and enjoy these unprecedented level of infrastructural development and economic turnaround, then we need such Governor over and over again. The EFCC will not invite Amaechi, neither would the commission invite Fashola who have allegations of corruption hanging over their necks, but are hobnobbing with the acclaimed corruption fighter, president Buhari, because they are in APC. AKPABIO did us proud and we would defend him anywhere anyhow. APC beware!!!
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