How jailing of senator for corruption has unsettled Akwa Ibom politicians

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Politicians are struggling to re-strategise after Bassey Albert, a frontline candidate for next year’s governorship election, was sentenced to 42 years in prison for receiving bribes.

in the banking sector and served as First City Monument Bank’s assistant vice president and general manager overseeing Akwa Ibom and Cross River. He joined the bank in 2005.

As chairman of Senate Committee on Gas Resources , his committee turned down a proposal of N200 million in the budget of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for the preparation of Petroleum Industry Bill and “His imprisonment is politically motivated but I am sure that Mr Albert will be the next governor of the state. The Court of Appeal will definitely see that he was not guilty as charged,” a leader of the party in the state, Ekanem Brown, told PREMIUM TIMES.

A professor of law at the University of Uyo, Etefia Ekanem, argued that the matter would likely get to the Supreme Court but added that the positions of the two courts may not come before the election in 2023. “What would happen in this situation would present a novelty condition in the country which may in one way or the other affect legal development in Nigeria.”The governorship race was led by Messrs Albert and Eno after the court nullified the governorship primary of the crisis-ridden APC in the state.

 

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