President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has refuted stories on alleged sharing of dollars to fellow Senators before the approval of the State of Emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.
The rebuttal by the Senate President was made conveyed through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Hon Eseme Eyiboh on Saturday.
Eyiboh in the statement said a story in circulation credited to a press release he purportedly issued that alluded that the sharing was done during the Iftar hosted by the Senate President.
Disclaiming the said statement, Eyiboh said he has not, and never issued any press release in relation to the Iftar (breaking of fast) hosted by Senator Akpabio.
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He explained that, “It is true, a newspaper correspondent called me on the phone to confirm or disclaim to the rumour of sharing Dollars during the breaking of the fast.
“It is true that I confirmed the Iftar meeting and further asserted that, the Distinguished Senate President has always hosted his colleagues of both religious faith in every season of spiritual rebirth.”
He maintained “that, there has never existed any reason to share any money in such a solemn meeting and no money in any currency was shared. I have vehemently denied this spurious rumour of sharing any money.”
Eyiboh added that the rumour was peddled by the merchants of blackmail enterprise to add flavour to their subsisting hate and malice campaign.
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