“Akpabio will be next senate president” — Governor Ganduje

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Akpabio will be next senate president - Governor Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has said that Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs and former Governor of Akwa Ibom state is the next Senate President. Ganduje said this during a meeting with Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state in Calabar. Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, was also present at the meeting. The Kano state Governor said;

Akpabio will be next senate president - Governor Ganduje

“The senate president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will come from the south-south and it is no other person than the former governor of Akwa Ibom. “The uncommon governor, the uncommon minister who is going to be the uncommon president of the senate. So we have resolved that. “I am giving you assurance, we are waiting for the D-Day that he will be the senate president of Nigeria.”

Labour Party’s Ireti Kingibe wins FCT Senate seat

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Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP) has been declared as the winner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate seat.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission‘s returning Officer, Professor Sanni Saka announced the result on Tuesday, February 28, He said Ireti scored 202,175 votes to emerge the winner, adding that Philip Aduda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is three-term Senator, came second with 100,544 votes. Angulu Dobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came third with 78,905 votes.

Ireti Kingibe

Saka said; “I, Prof. Sanni Saka, thereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 FCT Senatorial district election held on Feb. 25. The election was contested and the candidates received the votes as announced. That Ireti Kingibe, having satisfied the requirement of the law, has been declared the winner.”

APC Chairman, Adamu Announces Senate President, Lawan As Presidential Consensus Candidate

APC Chairman, Adamu Announces Senate President, Lawan As Presidential Consensus Candidate

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has announced Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party.
Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja.

His adoption of Lawan as consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern Governors, who endorsed that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
Adamu told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of the Senate President after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Earlier, Buhari was reported to have held a closed-door meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the north at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This comes amid preparations for the party’s convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
Although President Buhari has maintained his position on the consensus arrangement, there has not been any agreement among the 23 presidential aspirants.