Exclusive… Arms cache: Noose tightens around Akpabio

Former governor of Akwa Ibom State and now Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio who is outside the country on a medical trip may not be in a hurry to return. Reason: he is likely to be picked up by security agents to answer question about the purported arms and ammunitions that were found during a recent raid of the Akwa Ibom Government House.

It would be recalled that operatives from the Department of State Security (DSS) reportedly stormed the Akwa Ibom State Government House in Uyo, the state capital where a stockpile of arms and foreign currencies were allegedly discovered in a large room.

On arrival, the team reportedly went straight to the State Presidential lodge located within the Government House premises and broke the iron and mental door of a large safe built in the lodge, in which the arms and cash were said to have been stacked.

It was gathered that former Governor Akpabio was still in-charge of the Presidential lodge, and now he is reportedly wanted in connection with the arms and cash found there.

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According to Ripples sources, Akpabio may be aware that he is likely to be picked up on arrival in Nigeria, and has been reportedly making frantic calls to some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to prevail on the security agencies, and bail him out

“He has been calling oga, and I hear that he has also been calling others too to see how they can help”, our source stated.

He continued, “I don’t think Akpabio is the main target. I think he is just a means to an end, and I’m sure if he plays ball, the evil cup may be lifted over his head”, he said.

Political watchers believe that the coming travails of Akpabio may not be unconnected with the election of the leadership in the National Assembly where Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu emerged as Senate president and Deputy Senate president respectively against the wishes of the APC.

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