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Godswill Akpabio meets Buhari in London, strategises 2019

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Niger Delta Minister Godswill Akpabio and President Muhammadu Buhari
Senator Godswill Akpabio met with President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of his plans to defect to the ruling APC
Senator Godswill Akpabio met with President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of his plans to defect to the ruling APC

Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio met vacationing President Muhammadu Buhari in London today, four days before he crosses over to the All Progressives Congress.

Issues discussed were not disclosed but sources close to the conversation said it bothered on Akpabio’s defection to the ruling party, his role in the forthcoming election and recapturing Akwa Ibom from PDP.

Akpabio had met Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Thursday and national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Lagos on Saturday.

Akpabio’s decision to leave the PDP has dampened PDP’s celebration over the defection of a dozen senators, three governors and some 30 members of the House of Representatives, who hitherto were members of the All Progressives Congress.

He is scheduled to officially switch to the APC in Ikot Ekpene on 8 August.

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Senator Akapbio is greeted by vacationing President Buhari in London on Sunday

Akpabio was governor of oil-rich Akwa Ibom state from 2007-2015. He was elected a Senator in 2015 and was chosen as the minority leader for the Peoples Democratic Party senators.

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APC Newspaper on its Twitter handle announced Saturday night the news that Akpabio was switching allegiance : “We can confirm that, HE, Sen (Dr) Godswill Akpabio is a card carrying member of @OfficialAPCNg effective August 4, 2018. @OfficialPDPNig has lost him. Official Reception in days”.

And APC United Kingdom in another tweet set the date for the defection: “Acting President, @ProfOsinbajo accompanied by Senator (Dr ) Ita Enang, and leaders of the APC in Akwa Ibom to formally receive Senator (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio into APC at Ikot Ekpene Stadium on Thursday 9 August, 2018. All lovers of Democracy are cordially invited”.

Senator Ita Enang, Buhari’s liaison officer with the National Assembly confirmed the unfolding political drama, tweeting:

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