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Gov Akpabio Fires 3 Of His Stewards Over Missing $250,000 (N40m) In His Abuja Bedroom

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Culled from SaharaReporters
Three stewards working in the Akwa Ibom state governor's lodge in Asokoro, Abuja were on Friday summarily dismissed by the governor, Godswill Akpabio, over missing bundles of mint fresh dollars valued at over  $250,000 (N40 million) kept in the governor's bedroom.
The governor who reportedly issued the instruction to dispense with the services of the political appointees personally found out on Wednesday during his visit to Abuja that four bundles of the foreign currency he left in his bedroom had been stolen while he was gone to a dinner with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Aso Rock Villa.
Saharareporters gathered that the bundles of dollars kept in the drawers  in the governor's bedroom were  leftovers from stacks of hard currency stashed away in a private security safe.
The governor reportedly expressed surprise at the theft saying that despite the near impregnable security in the lodge, coupled with the fact that the locks to that section of the lodge, including the governor's bedroom,  are routinely changed each time such heavy cash is brought in, the money could still disappear in the manner it did.

Although it could not be established firmly if the three steward were   responsible for the missing cash, it was gathered that they may have been given the boot for apparent negligence in allowing the real culprits to gain access to the otherwise restricted area of the lodge.
A source close to the lodge said more heads might roll as investigations are ongoing to find out the identities of other culprits involved in the theft of Mr. Akpabio's cash haul.
According to the source, who pleaded anonymity, for fear of being victimized, accusing fingers are being pointed at  Maria Ekpekong another staff member at the lodge who is  the governor's senior special representative  in charge of the overall management of the lodge.
It was gathered that pilfering of huge cash in the lodge has become a recurring event. A few years ago, the governor removed all the civil servants deployed to work at the lodge and replaced them with political appointees and other private consultants he thought could be trusted.
In one  instance, it was learnt that after bundles of cash disappeared under similar circumstances, the burglary proof and window protectors around the governor's apartment were completely changed sometime last year after the perpetrators broke through the ceiling to gain access to the room where cash was stacked in 'Ghana must go' bags.
Governor Akpabio frequently doles out state cash to buy political patronage and favors from various sectors of the Nigerian society.
Governor Akpabio is known to be reckless with state funds, sometimes paying huge sums of money to buy himself awards  both at home and abroad.









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