A former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday visited former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at his residence in Asokoro, Abuja.
A source said Kwankwaso, who arrived Atiku’s residence at about 8.30pm, went into a closed-door meeting with the former vice president.
The source said that the visit by Kwankwaso was to pay Sallah homage to Atiku who was not in the country during the Eid-el Fitr celebrations.
The source said that both leaders also used the occasion of the visit to discuss the state of the nation.
The media aide to Atiku, Mazi Paul Ibe, confirmed the visit when contacted. Ibe, however, refused to reveal the details of the meeting.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated former Governor of Akwa Ibom State Godswill Akpabio over allegation of financial crimes. Daily Trust gathered that Akpabio honoured the invitation by the anti-graft agency to explain allegations of looting of the state’s funds during his tenure. Sources told our correspondent that Senator Akpabio was being interrogated late yesterday evening at the Abuja head offices of the Commission. He was spotted at the EFFC office in company of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, at about 5:20pm. Akpabio’s arrest yesterday is fallout of the petition by an Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Leo Ekpenyong, who had on June 8 this year petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC, calling for Senator Akpabio’s probe and accusing him of looting. The petitioner had earlier on Wednesday adopted his petition and provided more details to the anti-graft agency on the allegations against the minority leader of People...
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