Akpabio Denies Sharing Cash To Senators For State Of Emergency Approval

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President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has refuted tales on alleged sharing of {dollars} to fellow Senators earlier than the approval of the State of Emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.

The rebuttal by the Senate President was made conveyed via an announcement by his Particular Adviser on Media, Hon Eseme Eyiboh on Saturday.

Eyiboh within the assertion mentioned a narrative in circulation credited to a press launch he purportedly issued that alluded that the sharing was accomplished in the course of the Iftar hosted by the Senate President.

Disclaiming the mentioned assertion, Eyiboh mentioned he has not, and by no means issued any press launch in relation to the Iftar (breaking of quick) hosted by Senator Akpabio.

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He defined that, “It’s true, a newspaper correspondent known as me on the cellphone to substantiate or disclaim to the hearsay of sharing {Dollars} in the course of the breaking of the quick.

 

“It’s true that I confirmed the Iftar assembly and additional asserted that, the Distinguished Senate President has all the time hosted his colleagues of each non secular religion in each season of non secular rebirth.”

He maintained “that, there has by no means existed any cause to share any cash in such a solemn assembly and no cash in any forex was shared. I’ve vehemently denied this spurious hearsay of sharing any cash.”

Eyiboh added that the hearsay was peddled by the retailers of blackmail enterprise so as to add flavour to their subsisting hate and malice marketing campaign.


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