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Godswill Akpabio, president of the senate, returned to Nigeria in the wee hours of Monday after what his media office described as a short vacation in London.
Akpabio arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja, at 4am and was received at the presidential wing by senators, aides, and
supporters.
His return comes amid rumours on social media that he was
critically ill and hospitalised in London.
Speaking with journalists at the airport, Akpabio dismissed
the reports, describing them as “the imagination of the purveyors”.
“There’s nothing like such. I’m fit as a fiddle. I only
stopped over in London for a short vacation,” he said.
The senate president had earlier attended the sixth World
Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva, Switzerland, from July 29 to
31, before proceeding to the UK.
He said the Nigerian delegation at the Geneva conference
played an important role in advocating for deeper democratic governance and
better synergy between arms of government.
Akpabio promised Nigerians “robust legislative engagements”
when the senate resumes from recess.
The 62-year-old, who was elected president of the 10th
senate in June 2023, previously served as governor of Akwa Ibom and minister of
Niger Delta affairs.
On August 11, Gbenga Daniel, chairman of the senate
committee on navy, dismissed reports that Akpabio was hospitalised in London.
“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,” Daniel, the Ogun east senator, said during a
meeting with Akpabio in London.
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