The Calabar Division of the Court of Appeal, on Friday, upheld the conviction of Senator Bassey Albert Akpan on money laundering charges by a Federal High
Justice Agatha Okeke had, on December 1, 2022, found Akpan, then governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, guilty of seven counts of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
However, dissatisfied with the judgment, Akpan, on December 29, 2022, approached a Vacation Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, presided over by Justice S. I. Mark of the Federal High Court and secured a post-conviction bail on health grounds. While arguing against the appeal, counsel to the EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho, urged the court to uphold the judgment of the lower Court, dismiss the appeal and revoke the said bail granted to Akpan on the grounds that “the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and the charge was validly filed”.
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