Corruption: Akpabio Has No Case At EFCC – Akwa Ibom APC

Rufus Ike 

Prof Itse Sagay’s claim that Senator Godswill Akpabio should not have been on the ministerial list has been dismissed by the Akwa Ibom State chapter of All Progressives Congress which has insisted that there is no case against the former governor at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The party’s reaction followed opposition by Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) who said that Akpabio was a strange name to the list of supposedly upright nominees supposedly presented by the president to the Senate.

“The only nominee I am not satisfied with is Godswill Akpabio. I don’t know how he got into the list. That is the only one I have a reservation about,” Sagay had told the Daily Independent.

“You know when we have a programme in which anti-corruption is number one, if anybody is under investigation or not, I don’t think it is wise to include him in that list. But the president knows why he did that. Apart from that, I am quite happy with the list.”

But reacting that Akpabio was not under any investigation, the APC in Akwa Ibom State said:

“The APC in Akwa Ibom state wishes to state categorically that Senator Akpabio does not have any case with the EFCC or any other anti graft agency.”

Though they admitted that Akpabio had a case with EFCC after an Abuja based lawyer filed a petition against the Senator after he served his term as Governor in 2015.

“It is true that a petition was filed against the Senator at the EFCC by an Abuja-based lawyer soon after Senator Akpabio left office as our state Governor in 20I5. These cases were thoroughly investigated by the agency. The Petitioner then withdrew the Petition when he could not substantiate his allegations and the EFCC could not establish the veracity of the allegations in the petition. In that case, we note that

Prof. Sagay was patently wrong in his assertion about the nomination of Senator Akpabio.

“APC in Akwa Ibom state wishes to once again congratulate Senator Akpabio on this well deserved nomination and thank the President for choosing a capable and consummate politician and leader as his minister,” they concluded. 

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