Akpabio not hospitalised, ‘hale and hearty’ in London – Gbenga Daniel

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Gbenga Daniel (APC, Ogun East), has dismissed media claims that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is hospitalised in London.

Daniel said he met Akpabio during a stopover in London to personally inform him of his planned return to Nigeria for the August 16 bye-election to fill the vacant Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency seat, 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,” Daniel said.

According to Akpabio’s Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, the Senate President thanked Daniel for the visit and expressed confidence that the ruling party would win the election.

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“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,” Akpabio said.

“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,” he added.

Reacting to rumours of ill health, Akpabio said, “If you listen to the social media, you will go to war.”

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