[The Injustice Blog] How distinguished is Godswill Akpabio?

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the “uncommon” former governor of Akwa Ibom was a man that regales so much in power as the state Governor and prides himself as one of the best things to happen to the state. This is left for the residents to confirm or contradict.

What we are concerned with, is the illegality being perpetrated by Akpabio through the Akwa Ibom Government relating to his anti-corruption case. On October 15, 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Akpabio for an alleged multi-billion naira fraud.

He was later released by the EFCC pending when the investigation will be concluded. Since then, the former governor has employed a lot of delay tactics against the case with the most daring being the decision of the Akwa Ibom Attorney general to challenge the power of the EFCC to investigate states which he lost but still pursuing.

The state has moved further by preventing its officials from appearing before the EFCC to answer questions bothering on state finances during the tenure of Godswill Akpabio.

The EFCC in a new investigation revealed that the former governor allegedly gave a gift of 1.4 Billion Naira to a bank as “gift” during his tenure as the Akwa Ibom State Governor and as it was with the previous allegations the state government have refused to cooperate on this too.

To all discerning minds, the Akwa Ibom Government is acting a script written by the senator if not, why will a state prevent its officials from granting EFCC invitations? And why is Senator Akpabio shelving his burden on the Akwa Ibom State Government?

In the legal parlance in Nigeria, it is a fact that for every accusation, you are innocent until proven otherwise. In this situation, Akpabio is deemed innocent until a competent court of law proves otherwise. Therefore, the decision of the former governor and Akwa Ibom State Government to evade the EFCC but rather chose to drag the anti-corruption body to court is a gross abuse of power and court process.

After serving Akwa Ibom for eight years, it is expected that Akpabio will be accountable for his deeds while in office and should happily embrace any avenue for that. As an individual that have been championing the war against corruption on several occasions and a principal officer of the Nigerian Senate, Akpabio must not be found culpable of frustrating the anti-corruption war.

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