Former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said on Wednesday said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) could not prosecute him because nothing incriminating was found on him during the investigation carried out by the anti-graft agency.
Akpabio, now representing Akwa Ibom Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, made while addressing supporters at his defection rally form the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium.
“Some people are saying I moved to APC because a gun was pointed on my head. A young man wrote a petition against me and the petition was filled with lies… I have never been charged to court… The EFCC did not find anything on me.
“For those who said I am a traitor, I will never be a traitor. Those who are ganging up to stop the government of the day, we won’t see election if we follow them. We won’t see February 2019,” he said.
He added that his defection to the APC is for the interest of the state and the Niger Delta region.
