.Report by Mudasir Opeyemi
The Governorship Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State Senator Bassey Akpan has been sentenced to 42 years in prison over fraud case
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had, in 2019, arraigned Albert on a six-count charge of allegedly taking possession of six vehicles worth N204 millions.
He was said to have collected those vehicles from an oil marketer Olajide Omokore
It was gathered that Omokore had dealings with the Akwa Ibom state government when Bassey was finance commissioner in the state between 2010-2014
Delivering judgment on Thursday, Agatha Okeke, the presiding judge, found the senator guilty of the offences.
Consequently, he was sentenced to 42 years and has since been taken to Ikot Ekpene prison to serve his jail term.
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Senator Albert is representing Akwa Ibom North-East District in the Upper Chamber.
He’s the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream and was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He, however, defected to the YPP in July, where he secured the party’s ticket for the 2023 governorship election.