By Akinwale Kasali
The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has debunked claims that he bribed the Minister for Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, the sum of $2 Million to stop the swearing-in of the Niger Delta Development Commission board.
Akpabio, through his Chief Press Secretary, Anietie Ekong, said ” I state, categorically, that the allegation is a concoction manufactured from the pit of hell, and a figment of imagination of the author of the fake news”.
Ekong stressed that Point Blank News broke the untrue news, few days after concocting and alleging that the Interim Management of the NDDC had sought the nod of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to withdraw the payment of N1.9 Billion for Water Hycinth Contract.
Ekong added that with the look of things, the news medium was contracted by contractors who were scared of the Forensic Audit of the NDDC as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari, and are bent on truncating Akpabio’s effort by blackmailing him with such grievous allegation without any shred of evidence to back up their claims.
“We wish to state that no amount of sponsored fake news and blackmail would deter Senator Akpabio from doing the right thing as directed by the President. Akapabio has the overwhelming support of the impoverished masses of the Niger Delta who have borne the brunt of underdevelopment of the region over the years”.
