10th Senate President: “No True Northern Group Will Want to Endorse Akpabio,” ACF Blows Hot, Gives Reason
- The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said it is not party to a purported endorsement of Godswill Akpabio for the Senate presidency seat
- A Coalition of Northern groups had endorsed Akpabio for the Senate Presidency saying he was best suited for the position
- ACF, however, warned that endorsing Akpabio for the Senate Presidency would spell doom for Northern Nigeria
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Kano, Kano State - A political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has distanced itself from the endorsement of Senator Godswill Akpabio for the Senate Presidency by a Coalition of Northern groups.
Alhaji Musa Saidu, a key member of the ACF, said this in a statement on Sunday, May 7, in reaction to reports that a Coalition of Northern groups had endorsed Akpabio for the Senate Presidency, Daily Trust reported.
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Saidu, who doubles as the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, stated that endorsing Akpabio for the Senate Presidency would spell doom for Northern Nigeria.
He said:
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“We hereby dissociate ourselves from the endorsement of Sen. Godswill Akpabio for the Senate Presidency by a coalition of Northern groups.”
"Akpabio not friendly with the North" - ACF
Saidu added:
“The Coalition is not speaking for the North, it is just speaking for itself. No true Northern group will want to endorse Akpabio for a sensitive position like that of Senate President because he is not friendly with the North.
“We are the people who know Akpabio, because we are resident in the South, we know those who are friendly with the Northern people and Akpabio is actually not one of them."
Akpabio, Senators-elect meet Tinubu in Rivers
Legit.ng earlier reported that Senators elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, including Akpabio, on Thursday, May 4th, paid a courtesy visit to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The senators-elect visited Tinubu in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, after he commissioned projects on the invitation of the state Governor, Nyesom Wike.
Akpabio is one of the leading candidates of South-South extraction eyeing the position of the No. 3 citizen of Nigeria.
More pressure on Akpabio, Orji Uzor Kalu as senator-elect Patrick Ndubueze joins race
Legit.ng also reported that the Senate presidency race reached a fever pitch with Patrick Ndubueze, the Senator-elect for Imo North Senatorial District as the latest entrant for the number one seat at the red chamber.
In a statement made available to Legit.ng on Sunday, May 7, Ndubueze confirmed his intent to run for the coveted position in a letter sent to the APC National Working Committee (NWC) and the 109 Senators-elect across the country.
Source: Legit.ng
