By Nwafor Sunday
Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, Tuesday took oath of office after defeating his rival, Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, to clinch the senate’s top office.
Akpabio pulled 63 votes to defeat Yari who garnered 46 votes. The new senate president pledged to work and perform his duty in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Akpabio is a lawyer and had served as minister for Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He resigned on 11 May 2022 on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest in the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress.
He had earlier served as governor of Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2015, while Yari was elected Governor of Zamfara State in 2011.
*Text, except headline, courtesy: THE VANGUARD
