10th NASS leadership: APC, Tinubu allegedly back out of Akpabio’s endorsement





Strong indications, yesterday, suggested that the candidacy of former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, may have hit a brick wall as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is said to have withdrawn his support for him in the contest for the Senate President in the 10th National Assembly.


Recall that the All Progressives Congress, APC, had announced the endorsement of Senator Godswill Akpabio and three others for the topmost positions in the National Assembly.


Senator Akpabio from South-South was endorsed for Senate president, Senator Jubrin Barau from North-West for Deputy Senate President, Tajudeen Abass, North-West for speaker, House of Representatives and Kanu, South-East, for deputy speaker.



This didn't, in any case, go down well for certain individuals from the party, particularly those yearning for the place of directing workplaces in both the Senate and the Place of Agents, following the fights and judgment that followed the party's supports.


It was accumulated yesterday that senators, for the most part from the South West, have required a gathering for later, where they would take a choice to pursue inspecting their situation on decision of initiative of the Senate.


As per a senators from one of the states in the South West, the gathering is for representatives from the zone to know the result of a significant gathering of the main propensity among the legislators choose planned for Thursday which they have decisively requested some from their individuals to join in.


President Bola Tinubu is said to have paid attention to the guidance of his believed political partners by implicitly pulling out his help for the previous legislative head of Akwa Ibom State, Congressperson Godswill Akpabio.


The President, sources said, was fearless in running a corruption free government, with accentuation on reinforcing every one of the current strategies and establishments worried about enemy of debasement towards accomplishing this objective.

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