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.
Akpabio who served two terms, as governor of the state between 2007
and 2015, was invited, yesterday, at about 5. 20pm to the Abuja
Headquarters of the EFCC, over a petition dated June 22, 2015 and
addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC.
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?”
Source:Vanguard
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