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Godswill Akpabio arrested by EFCC over alleged mega Fraud | Ex-Gov. Responds “I was Invited…not Arrested”
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom state Godswill Akpabio has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja tonight.
Akpabio served as the governor of the oil producing state for 8 years with his term ending in May 2015. The EFCC started investigating an alleged theft of N108.1billion of Akwa Ibom funds by Akpabio in June.
Premium Times broke the news and reports;
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics and the office of the Accountant General of the Federation indicate that under Mr. Akpabio, known for ostentatious spending, Akwa Ibom received a staggering N1. 6 trillion from FAAC between June 2007 and May 2014.
At the time he vacated office on May 29, the state received more, excluding other revenues like Ecological Funds, internally generated revenue etc.
In a new petition to the EFCC dated June 22, and copied to Mr. Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, Mr. Ekpenyong gave details of some of Mr. Akpabio’s alleged financial recklessness.
He alleged that between January and December 2014, the ex-governor colluded with two of his top aides to steal a whopping N108.1 billion from the state’s treasury.
Akpabio is the current Senate minority leader.
The former Governor has responded to this story via Twitter. Stating that he was only invited for a chat and not arrested.
Senator Akpabio was never arrested. He simply obliged an invitation to come & answer some questions at the EFCC.
— Sen Godswill Akpabio (@SenAkpabio) October 16, 2015
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.
— Sen Godswill Akpabio (@SenAkpabio) October 16, 2015
Those who are playing politics with the decision of Senator Akpabio to honour the EFCC invitation must be acting a known script.
— Sen Godswill Akpabio (@SenAkpabio) October 16, 2015
Senator Akpabio was called from EFCC to come for explanations & he drove there himself 50mins later so why all the news of arrest?
— Sen Godswill Akpabio (@SenAkpabio) October 16, 2015
H.E 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.
— Sen Godswill Akpabio (@SenAkpabio) October 16, 2015
