Following the recent corruption allegations against the immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel by the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT), his Media Aide, Barr. Steven Abia, has said that the former Governor is not worried about the development.
Abia at a Press Briefing on Wednesday, described allegations of corruption levelled against the former Akwa Ibom governor as malicious and baseless.
He said the faceless group should be ignored by all as the allegations against Udom Emmanuel.
He said “The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State has been maliciously accused, so we are here to tell you that those allegations against my boss are unfounded. So I implore you, Akwa Ibom people to disregard, what they are saying. Those allegations are not true. The people saying those things don’t even have the facts. “They are faceless people from nowhere trying to dent his reputation. We have never heard of that name. You will agree with me that this NACAT never existed before now, so you can’t even trace them. The name just came up to dent this man. And some people blackmail politicians to make money. We know some people benefit from doing this kind of thing.
“My boss did his work very well. Throughout his time he touched every area in Akwa Ibom State. There’s no place that we did not have projects executed. The documents are here before you. The facts are here and we have loads of them. And that endeared him to the people. Our people love him.”
Barr Abia displayed some documents containing all the projects approved and executed under the last administration described former governor Emmanuel as an accountable, sincere and straightforward political leader.
”This is a man who keeps records meticulously. And then the papers as you have seen, every single project executed throughout his tenure, from day one to the last day, the records are there, and they are excellently kept.
"So my boss is unperturbed. He worked with an audit firm so he knows his left from his right."
“The man is unruffled. There’s no cause for alarm. And I want to tell you that we have not received any petition, notice or letter from any of the anti-graft agencies. All we are reacting to is what you have also seen on social media. That’s all..And we are expecting that the ICPC and the EFCC go ahead and do their work fairly”
NACAT, a civil society organization, recently petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes Commission (ICPC) to investigate former Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel's eight-year tenure. The group alleges that N700 billion in public funds remains unaccounted for and accuses Emmanuel of "wanton corruption and embezzlement.
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