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Ali Modu Sheriff planned to unlawfully remove me – Senator Akpan

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Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial district, Bassey Albert Akpan, has alleged former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff of scheming to remove him from office in an unconstitutional manner.

He made the accusation while addressing journalists in Abuja, claiming that Sheriff connived with the former PDP’s legal Adviser, Barr. Dave Iorhemba.

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Akpan also recalled that without the court’s intervention which directed that due process be followed, he would have been unlawfully removed.

He went further to accuse Sheriff among others of dubiously taking out his case file from the court of Appeal.

“On 14th of September, 2017 while I was in Akwa Ibom campaigning for the local government Congress, the former National legal adviser to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) connived with the State legal party adviser to withdraw the letter of appeal from the court without my consent”, he said.

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He added that “Surprisingly, on 15th September, 2017, I came back to Abuja only to be notified that the date of the case hearing was changed from 15th of October to 7th of October, and I became surprised.”

The senator said, he became suspicious when the date of the hearing was change, which prompted him to raise the alarm. Hhe added that the former National Chairman arrived the court with five lawyers during the last court hearing in a bid to oust him at all cost.

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“During the last case in court, Senator Modu Sheriff and the people that worked for him came to the court with not less than 5 lawyers in the bid to unseat me”, he noted.

Believing that power comes from God, he commended Senate Minority leader, Godswill Akpabio and Senate President, Bukola Saraki for their intervention.

Speaking on the fate of the legal adviser who worked with Sheriff, he said, he has been sacked for getting involved in fraudulent tactics.

He explained that his contender, Hon. Etim Bassey got into the heart of Sheriff, thereby, making the former Chairman to be desperate about his Senatorial district.