The Chairman, Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has
declared that the decamping to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and being
part of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s camp would not save former Governor of
Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio and others from probe.
Sagay told Punch that those whose
cases had already been taken to court would continue to face prosecution.
The senior lawyer, however, said
there was room for plea bargain, an option he noted stubborn people would never
use.
He said, “I know Akpabio is still
under probe and if he is found culpable, he would be invited and prosecuted.
“For me, the only import of him
joining the President’s campaign is that he can be persuaded to make a plea
bargain quickly, which everyone is entitled to, but the stubborn ones will not
take that option.”
Speaking on Governor Nyesom
Wike’s corruption allegations on Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi,
Sagay added, “As for allegations against Amaechi, he was indicted by a fake and
useless judicial panel set up by Wike, who is himself under investigation for
corruption.
“He set up a kangaroo panel,
which Amaechi refused to answer to.”
Asked about the Appeal Court
ruling which ordered Amaechi to answer to the panel, Sagay added, “He doesn’t
have to answer to rubbish.
“Judges who allow themselves to
engage in injustice deserve to be disregarded.
“Amaechi is innocent. All the
charges were trumped up.”
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