Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Godswill Akpabio,
former minority leader of the senate, is still under investigation.
Akpabio, who left office as
governor of Akwa Ibom state in 2015, had been grilled on several occasions by
the EFCC over allegations of fraud.
Leo Ekpenyong, a lawyer and
activist, had petitioned the anti-graft agency, accusing Akpabio of “devising a
means of enriching himself at the expense of the state” while in office.
When Akpabio joined the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in August, he said the EFCC investigated and found
nothing on him.
He also dismissed the reports
that he moved to the APC because of the fear of being witch-hunted by the
commission.
“Some people are saying I moved
to APC because a gun was pointed on my head. A young man wrote a petition
against me and the petition was filled with lies… I have never been charged to
court… The EFCC did not find anything on me,” he had said at a rally in the
Ikot Ekpene area of the state.
But speaking speaking during a
parley with editors in Lagos on Wednesday, Magu said the former governor is
still being investigated over the accusations against him.
He added that the fact that a
politician “jumps from one party to another will not stop EFCC investigation;
we don’t stop investigation until it is concluded.”
Responding to alleged
interference by the ruling party, the anti-graft czar said: “I am not the type
you’ll ask to stop any investigation.”
The senator’s battle with the
anti-graft agency began on October 16, 2015 when he was first invited for
questioning over an alleged N108 billion fraud.
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