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    Drum Africa CorrespondentBy Drum Africa CorrespondentMarch 8, 20250342 Mins Read
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    Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has described as untrue, the ₦700 billion fraud allegation leveled against his immediate predecessor, Udom Emmanuel, by the Network against Corruption and Trafficking, and being probed by anti-graft agency EFCC.

    “I don’t know where they get those figures from because it can’t be from Akwa Ibom State; it can’t be from us – we don’t have such figures,” Eno said at a town hall meeting in the Abak area of the state on Saturday.

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor condemned what he described as a vilification of the past governors of the oil-rich South-South state since the return to democracy in 1999.

    Eno said, “I begin to feel that how we treat our leaders after they have put in all their efforts to serve can be very discouraging.

    “We have done this consistently from Obong Attah, even the distinguished Senate President (Godswill Akpabio), we also vilified him; we went to EFCC. Now, we are doing it to Gov Udom Emmanuel.”

    The governor said subjecting leaders to fraud probes after they have served their people well in office would discourage those currently in office from giving their best whilst in service.

    “I’m already expecting that it will happen to me but what this does is to discourage leadership; it discourages you from giving your best, from burning out yourself because at the end of the day, the people don’t show you that gratitude,” he said.

    “When a man has served his state meritoriously like Governor Udom Emmanuel did, honestly, he should be honoured, he should be respected.

    “I don’t see a place for this kind of vilification that is going on; it is not correct – I don’t believe it should go on.

    “It is not correct, it is not truthful and we need to just dismiss it with a pinch of salt.”

    On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detained Emmanuel for alleged ₦700 billion fraud.

    This followed the petitioner’s allegations of money laundering and diversion of funds preferred against Emmanuel, who was Akwa Ibom governor from May 2015 to May 2023.

    The petitioner alleged that Emmanuel received ₦3 trillion from the Federation Account in eight years but left a debt profile of ₦500bn and unpaid ongoing projects worth ₦300bn. He was also alleged to be unable to account for ₦700bn.

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