Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Gbenga Daniel, has dismissed speculations that Senate President Godswill Akpabio has been hospitalised in an unnamed hospital in London.
Debunking the report, Daniels revealed that he had a
stopover in London to inform the Akpabio on his planned return to Nigeria to
partake in the August 16th bye-election to fill the vacant seat of the Ikenne/ Sagamu/
Remo North Federal Constituency of Ogun State, which was declared vacant
following the death of former Deputy Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon
Adewumi Onanuga.
“I am here to formally inform you, Mr Senate President, that
I will be returning to Nigeria to partake in the August 16th bye-elections into
the Ikenne/Sagamu/ Remo North Federal Constituency, which was declared vacant
after the death of late Hon Onanuga. Your Excellency, the news out there is
that you have been indisposed, but seeing you here now paints a very different
picture. Congratulations, Your Excellency,” he said.
In a statement, the Special Assistant on Media to Akpabio,
Jackson Udom, said Akpabio expressed gratitude to the Ogun State senator for
coming to inform him of the August 16th bye-election and his decision to return
home to be part of it.
The President of the Senate, however, assured the former
governor that from information at his disposal, the ruling party will carry the
day.
“With the commitments and support of Governor Dapo Abiodun,
your good self and other stakeholders of our party in the state, we will retain
the House of Representatives seat at the end of the election.
“Let me congratulate you in advance, because you have all it
takes to retain that Federal Constituency seat for our great party. You are
from there and interestingly, the Governor is also from there, so I don’t
harbour any fear,” Akpabio said.
Speaking on his purported sickness, as reported by some
sections of the media, particularly social media, Akpabio said, “If you listen
to the social media, you will go to war.”
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