Akpabio Gave Us N3 Million Each For 'Transport Fare' After PDP Caucus Meetings - Ex-Minister Reveals

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A former close associate of Senator Godswill Akpabio from Akwa Ibom has recounted the indiscriminate way the former governor expended the financial resources of the state during his administration for the purpose of securing their loyalty.
John Udoedehe
 
A former Nigerian minister and Senator from Akwa Ibom State, John Udoedehe, has narrated how the state’s immediate past governor, Godswill Akpabio, regularly doled out huge amounts of money as “transport” to politicians, each time they had a political meeting.
 
According to Premium Times, Udoedehe, a former Minister of State for FCT, said caucus members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were given at least N3 million each as transport, every night they met to discuss the party’s affairs.
He admitted the governor gave him a “special” sum, way more than the already outrageous N3 million others received.
 
During an interview on Planet FM in Uyo on Saturday, November 7, he said;

“Godswill Akpabio used to give us at least N3million each as transport money every night we attended caucus meeting in Government House. My own was special, it was more than N3million.”
The former minister said despite the largesse, he still fell out with Akpabio, who is now the senate minority leader.
 
He made the claim to buttress his argument that he could not be bought with money.

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