Some human right lawyers have said there was no truth in the allegation that the former Senate Minority Leader and Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, Senator Godswill Akpabio, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as presently there is no case against the Senator. They, also said it was mischief and a campaign of calumny by political opponents of the lawmaker to claim the politician defected to escape probe by the anti-graft agency, saying nothing could be further from the truth. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the lawyers led by Barrister Leo Ekpenyong revealed that their law firm was briefed by clients who made allegations about N100 billion alleged graft in Akwa Ibom State for which petitions were sent to EFCC. According to him, “the law firm deemed it necessary in the interest of justice to withdraw the petitions when in the course of our interactions wit
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