Lawyers
from Akwa Ibom State have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore complaints
by senators from the Peoples Democratic Party that the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission was haunting members of the party alone.
The
lawyers, under the aegis of Akwa Ibom Lawyers’ Forum, said the PDP senators
were trying to divert the attention of the President from his determination to
rid the polity of corrupt people.
The
lawyers particularly flayed the role being played among the senators by a
former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio.
Akpabio,
who is the Senate Minority Leader, is currently being investigated by the
anti-graft agency for alleged corrupt practices.
Because
of this, the lawyers said that Akpabio, who was the arrowhead of the 49 PDP
senators in the Senate, was using the opposition party and his colleagues to
attack the anti-corruption agency.
A
statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the lawyers and signed by their Acting
President, Mr. Leo Ekpenyong, urged the President not to be distracted by the
PDP senators’ complaints.
The
statement read, “The outpouring of the aspersion by the Godswill Akpabio-led 49
member Senate Caucus of the PDP on President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft
crusade is a deliberate attempt to stampede and blackmail the President.
“As
ministers in the ‘temple of Justice,’ we condemn Akpabio’s vituperations on the
current administration’s war against corruption, which is the bane of our
growth as a nation.”
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