Former governor of Akwa Ibom state,Godswill Akpabio and his past officials are to be investigated by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission when Justice Ntong Ntong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court,sitting in Ikot Ekpene,Akwa Ibom State,on Friday vacates an interim injunction restraining the anti - graft agencies from investigating the account of the Akwa Ibom State Government as well as some past officials
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The court had on July 13 ruled in favour of an ex-parte motion filed before it by the Akwa Ibom State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, seeking an order of interim injunction restraining the Federal Government or any of its agencies, including the Efcc, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Inspector General of Police from arresting, from detaining or investigating any official of the state government, past or present, without any report of indictment by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
An EFCC source said one of those being investigated is Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of the state, and minority leader of the Nigerian senate.
However, the EFCC, through a motion on notice, filed on August 2, 2016, approached the court to quash the injunction.
The vacation of the restraining order on the EFCC has now paved ways for the commission to continue its work in that regard, the Head of Media and Publicity for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Friday.
