Folalumi Alaran writes that some civil society groups have risen in stout defence of the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, against allegations of involvement of electoral fraud during the 2023 general elections.
A coalition of civil society organisations has reacted to calls for the resignation of Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, describing recent allegations of his involvement in electoral fraud as baseless and misleading.
The defence came in response to a joint press statement by 56 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), which cited the 2021 conviction of Professor Peter Ogban over the 2019 Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial elections in calling for Akpabio’s resignation.