YPP Guber Candidate Bags 42-year Imprisonment For Corruption {PHOTO}

A YPP guber candidate in Akwa Ibom state has been sentenced to 42 years imprisonment For Corruption.

EKO HOT BLOG reports Federal High Court in Uyo has sentenced Bassey Albert, a governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), to 42 years in prison for corruption.

He has been taken to Ikot Ekpene prison, Akwa Ibom State, to serve his prison term.

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Mr Albert, a serving senator representing Akwa Ibom North East District, was accused of receiving bribes of 12 cars worth N254 million from an oil marketer, Olajidee Omokore, during his (Albert’s) tenure (2010 – 2014) as commissioner for finance in Akwa Ibom State.

The convicted senator was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, the ruling party in the state, before he defected months ago to the YPP, where he secured the party’s ticket for the 2023 governorship election.

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He was a major challenger to the PDP candidate, Umo Eno, in next year’s governorship election in Akwa Ibom State.

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