Godswill Akpabio Wants To Be Senate President Through Joining APC

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Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate Minority Leader, is said to be defecting from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has disclosed.

According to PREMIUM TIMES, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, posted a message on Facebook, Saturday night, saying that Mr Akpabio will be received into APC on Thursday by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and other top leaders of the party at a rally in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom state.

Mr. Obono-Obla also posted on the social media site a photo of Mr Akpabio with an APC leader, Bola Tinubu.

Senator Akpabio, who was the former governor of Akwa Ibom, State rumoured plans to decamp from the PDP to the ruling APC, has been making the rounds since last week.

There were speculations that the defection was delayed because Senator Akpabio was negotiating for some “favourable terms” for himself and his political supporters in the state.

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According to the speculation, the Senator was asking for the position of the senate president and also that he should be made the APC leader in the state and the party political structure handed over to him.

The PREMIUM TIMES report states however, that they have not been able to independently verify these claims.

Mr Obono-Obla, in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said: “Senator Akpabio is defecting to the APC, you can take that to the bank”.

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