The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio is
under investigation over allegation of attempting to bribe some officials of
the Code of Conduct Bureau.
Federal Commissioner in CCB, Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma
disclosed this on Monday while speaking with journalists in Abuja.
Agbonayinma, who heads a subcommittee investigating the
case, said it is not a witchhunt.
According to media reports, Akapabio allegedly offered bribe
to the CCB officials to give a “soft landing” to Sole Administrator of Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Efiong Okon Akwa over discrepancies in
his asset declaration form.
Agbonayinma said the Bureau was looking at the accusation
first made against Mr Akpabio by Jackson Ude on Twitter.
“We have been given a mandate by the bureau to investigate
the allegation against some officials of CCB that we saw on social media. Let
me be specific, one Mr Jackson Ude twitted, and it went viral, that money was
given to some officials of CCB by Akpabio. Because of that, a committee to
investigate the allegation was set up, with myself as the chairman,” he said.
He added that the subcommittee interacted with Akpabio over
the allegation.
“The committee is not to witch-hunt anyone but to do its job
of defending the constitution of Nigeria.
“We invited Akpabio, who in his wisdom, came to give his
side of the story. At the moment, we cannot pass judgement as the investigation
is still in progress. All the accused parties remain innocent until the
investigation is over,” he added.
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