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Akpabio Speaks On Looting N1 Trillion As Akwa Ibom Governor

Ojefia additionally claimed that Akpabio looted over N200 billion Niger Delta Improvement Fee (NDDC) funds as a minister.

Former Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio has reacted to a damning allegation of fraud made towards him.

Akpabio refuted the allegation that he looted over N1 trillion whereas he was the Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

Akpabio was reacting to an announcement by a Civil Society Organisation, Community Towards Corruption And Trafficking (NACAT) that he ought to be probed by the Financial Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) over alleged monetary impropriety.

Talking at a information convention on Tuesday in Abuja, the Govt Director (Authorized) of NACAT, Justice Ojefia, stated an audit report of the Akwa Ibom State treasury between 2011 and 2015 indicated that Akpabio allegedly looted over N1 trillion whereas serving as governor.

Ojefia additionally claimed that Akpabio looted over N200 billion Niger Delta Improvement Fee (NDDC) funds as a minister.

However in an announcement on Tuesday, Akpabio’s media aide, Jackson Udom, described the allegations as a plot to blackmail him out of the competition for the tenth Senate Presidency.

Udom additionally refuted the allegations, saying that each public officer might be investigated after leaving workplace which is the appropriate factor to do.

He stated: “Investigation is not any conviction. Each public officer might be investigated after leaving workplace and that’s the proper factor to do.

“Sen. Akpabio left workplace eight years in the past after a meritorious service to Akwa Ibom and his legacies and efficiency because the state governor from 2007-2015, are nonetheless seen within the state.

“The query then is, why this letter to the EFCC now? Why all these blackmail and lies now? The reply isn’t far-fetched.

“Akpabio desires to be Senate President, he stays the candidate to beat and he should be introduced down in any respect prices by those that can’t match his acceptance by his colleagues.

“His colleagues within the Stability Group are working around the clock to make him the Senate President of the tenth Senate, by way of the assist of their colleagues throughout get together strains.

“Their main concern is to present stability to the President-elect’s administration when it comes on stream on Could 29, 2023.’’

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Akpabio Speaks On Looting N1 Trillion As Akwa Ibom Governor

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