Senator Godswill Akpabio has told the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he could not honor its invitation because of ill
health and already arranged medical appointments overseas.
The EFCC had summoned Akpabio, former Minister of Niger
Delta Affairs, over an allegation of abuse of office and misappropriation of
billions of Naira.
The EFCC in an invitation letter served on Akpabio asked him
to appear at its office on the 29th day of March 2023.
However, Akpabio failed to show up and wrote to EFCC via his
lawyer Umel Kalu, SAN.
The letter from Akpabio’s lawyer said: “We write to convey
our client’s inability to honor the scheduled visit to your office on the 29th
day of March 2022, due to ill health and already arranged medical appointment
overseas.
“As mentioned in our
last letter to you dated February 10, 2023, our client is undergoing treatment
for pneumonia and cardiac arrhythmia, and, has recently been advised to seek
further attention abroad.”
There had been allegations of N40 billion fraud perpetrated
in the NDDC, a ministry that was headed by Akpabio for three years.
The Senate and the House of Representatives in 2020 resolved
to probe the alleged N40 billion financial recklessness of the Interim
Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC in the previous three months.
Also, there were allegations of over N86 billion contract
scams involving the senator-elect and the former Acting Managing Director of
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, which
the EFCC has been looking into.
The anti-graft agency had in the past arrested Akpabio over
the alleged theft of N108.1 billion of Akwa Ibom funds.
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