Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, responded to Nyesom Wike after Wike revealed that he had given him N200 million in 2015 while he was running for governor. As the manager of the telecommunications sector, Akpabio claimed that the N200 million he provided him came from his own resources and not the Akwa-Ibom government.
Akpabio said that in order to prevent problems in the future, he had offer these clarifications. He nonetheless lauded the former governor for his numerous accomplishments in his state and said that the 10th Senate is fortunate to have him as a member. They are thrilled to welcome him as an honorary member of the 10th National Assembly, he continued.
On a very personal level, he remarked, “Your Excellency, the recently-departed governor of Rivers State, you indicated in the church that the then Governor Godswill Akpabio aided you with some money when you were campaigning; that money came from my savings in the telecom industry. The funding did not come from the Akwa-Ibom State government. You claimed that I helped you when you were seeking the office of governor of Rivers State in 2014 or thereabouts; the funds came from savings I had made while working as a managing director in the telecom sector. I thought I should amend that since it wasn’t from the Akwa-Ibom State administration. On that money, I paid tax in Lagos.
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