The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly begun a fresh probe of the ex-governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, over an alleged N1.4billion gift to a bank .
In
a report by The Punch, the EFCC is alleging that the ex-governor and
current Senate Minority Leader gave the cash gift to a bank - which is
yet to be disclosed - for unknown reasons.
The EFCC, it was also reported, had written to the bank to explain why the governor allegedly gave it such a gift.
An EFCC detective was quoted as saying, “Among
several allegations that are already in the public domain, the
commission has made some progress in investigating the circumstances in
which Apkabio, in 2013, paid N566, 883,728.66; N441,808,081.90; and
N392, 631,943.37 as gifts to a new generation bank.”
The
report also claimed that the bank involved in the allegation had also
failed to provide documents to the EFCC on transactions linked to
Akpabio, who has been accused of N108bn fraud during his tenure between
2007 and 2015.
In a counter effort, the
Akwa Ibom State Government had dragged the anti-graft commission before
the court, challenging its right to investigate state affairs.
It
was also reported that the state government had ignored seven requests
from the EFCC, asking for the release of officials of the government for
interrogation as part of the ongoing investigation into the activities
of Akpabio.
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