a panel to look into how $16 billion for the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) was disbursed, asking for testimony by Liyel Imoke and Olusegun Agagu, who had also served as Minister of Power and Steel. The panel cleared Imoke of wrongdoing. In July 2008 the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said that Liyel Imoke was under investigation. Imoke had lost his constitutional immunity after his election as governor of Cross River state had been annulled. Governor of Cross River State In April 2007, Liyel Imoke successfully ran for governor of Cross River State under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 2007. The election was annulled by an Election Appeal Tribunal in July 2008. He was elected again in a re-run on 23 August 2008. He won the 2012 Cross River State gubernatorial election. See also List of Governors of Cross River State References 1961 births Living people Alumni of the University of Buckingham American University alumni Federal Government College Enugu alumni Governors of Cross River State People from Ibadan Peoples Democratic Party state governors of Nigeria University System of Maryland alumni