Akwa Ibom Govt Blasts EFCC Over Claim N1.4bn Was Traced To 11 Accounts

The Akwa Ibom State Government has debunked the claim that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, traced the sum of N1.4bn belonging to the state to eleven accounts.

The anti-graft agency, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Charles Udoh, described the allegation as a face-saving effort by the agency.

The rebuttal, according to the Commissioner, came at the wake of a publication by the August 12, 2018 edition of a national daily captioned: “EFCC traces Akwa Ibom’s N1.4b to 11 accounts”.

The statement read, “The attention of the Akwa Ibom State Government has been drawn to a publication on the Nation Newspaper of August 12, 2018 alleging that N1.4b belonging to Akwa Ibom State Government was traced to 11 Accounts by the Economic Financial & Crimes Commission (EFCC).

“We wish to state that this is a false allegation and a desperate face-saving effort by the EFCC to justify the unlawful freezing of accounts of the Akwa Ibom State Government which attracted widespread public condemnation.

“The Akwa Ibom State Government has served notices of contempt to the EFCC and would not be dragged into a public discourse on a matter that is patently sub judice.

“This matter is before the Federal High Court Uyo.”