Akpabio dissociates self from bribery allegation against tribunal judges - Enjoy this Awesome Report

Akpabio dissociates self from bribery allegation against tribunal judges

UYO—Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dissociated himself from a publication that he made bribery allegation against the chairman and members of the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Akwa Ibom State. 

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