Senate minority leader and former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

He was arrested in connection some fraudulent deals while he was governor of the oil rich state for eight years, between 2007 and 2015.

News of the arrests was immediately punctured by several tweets via Akpabio’s twitter handle.

He was said to have honoured and EFCC invitation Friday evening, by driving himself to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.

“Senator Akpabio has nothing to hide that’s why he walked into EFCC himself this evening to answer questions about his tenure in Akwa Ibom. Those who are playing politics with the decision of Senator Akpabio to honour the EFCC invitation must be acting a known script.”, he said

There has been no official confirmation of the arrest by the EFCC.