APC National Committee Nominates Ex-Minister, Akpabio Undergoing Corruption Trial For Senate President
The ruling fetch collectively is anticipated to assemble the presiding officers of the National Assembly on legend of it has majority contributors.
The ruling All Progressives Congress National Working Committee has nominated Godswill Akpabio, a passe Minister of Niger Delta affairs, as the President of the Senate and Abbas Tajudeen, a rating member as the Home of Representatives Speaker.
The ruling fetch collectively is anticipated to assemble the presiding officers of the National Assembly on legend of it has majority contributors.
SaharaReporters had reported how Akpabio used to be inserting rigidity on other senators-elect to endorse him as the sole candidate for the Senate Presidency.
Top sources in the ruling APC had moreover mentioned Akpabio, a senator-elect, has been throwing around the title of the “president-elect”, Bola Tinubu, saying he has his relief and the usage of that to additional pressurise the senators-elect.
Akpabio is amongst the nine contenders for the Senate presidency of the 10th Assembly, which is anticipated to be inaugurated in June.
Tinubu, who returned to the nation final Monday, April 24, after spending weeks on a clinical outing to Paris, France, has met with some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, governors as well as contributors-elect of the Senate and the Home of Representatives.
Amongst those who met with the “President-elect” were Akpabio (APC/Akwa Ibom) and Barau Jibrin (APC/Kano).
SaharaReporters currently exclusively published a myth about how Senator Akpabio refused to honour an invite by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the excuse of sick well being.
The newspaper moreover reported that the EFCC had re-invited Akpabio over allegations of abuse of place of enterprise and misappropriation of billions of Naira.
The EFCC earlier invited Akpabio to appear for questioning on March 29 nonetheless the felony professional representing the Senator-elect, Umeh Kalu (SAN), in a letter to the anti-graft company mentioned his client would be unable to honour the invitation as a result of his sick well being.
The felony professional mentioned Akpabio used to be undergoing remedy for pneumonia and cardiac arrhythmia and as a result of this truth requested the antigraft company to come to a decision but one more date.
In step with the felony professional, Akpabio had already organized clinical appointments in but one more nation.
On the opposite hand, SaharaReporters currently got but one more letter from the EFCC asking Akpabio to technique to its headquarters in Abuja on Could possibly possibly moreover 9, 2023.
The letter titled, ‘Investigation Actions Re: Senator Godswill Akpabio’s Appointment Letter Of Invitation’ used to be signed by ACE II SM Ala, Head, CMU-1.
