NANS President Impeached For Diverting Student’s COVID-19 Palliatives

The Senate Arm of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has impeached the President of the Association, Danielson Akpan, who was accused of diverting Student’s COVID-19 palliatives.

It was gathered that Akpan was impeached during an emergency Senate meeting which held on Tuesday, October 13 after he was indicted of financial impropriety and concealing information relevant to help the growth of the Association.

The former NANS President was accused of receiving and diverting huge sums of money meant for student’s COVID-19 palliatives from some government agencies, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Also, Akpan was accused of abusing his office by doing arbitrary and unlawful acts which are prejudicial to the rights of other members of the Association, hence, violating the Code of Conduct of an official of NANS as enshrined in Schedule 3 of the Constitution and Charter of Demand of NANS.

He was also indicted for having not been remorseful, despite being exposed that he had received the money as alleged but rather resorted to threatening the lives of members of the committee in an attempt to deter and intimidate them from carrying out their constitutionally mandated function.

Everyevery.ng gathered that Akpan also threatened the life of the senate president, Mr Gambo Abu Mohammed hence the need for his removal and immediate expulsion from the Association with immediate effect.

Before his impeachment, Akpan who assumed office as NANS president in July 2018 had served beyond his tenure of 12 months, leading to complaints from other officials and stakeholders.

Meanwhile, a former vice-president, Chidi llogede was immediately sworn in as the president of NANS while all the association’s property and funds in possession of Mr Akpan are to be fully recovered.