Akpabio, a former two-term Akwa Ibom State governor, spoke on at a thanksgiving reception for Wike on Sunday.
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The former Federal Commissioner for Information said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.
It made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, on Tuesday in Warri, Delta State.
Governor Umahi said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki when he addressed members of the State Executive Council.
Ahead of the election of Principal Officers of the National Assembly on Tuesday, anxiety has enveloped Yobe, the home state of Senator Ahmad Lawan, a leading candidate for the Senate presidency.
One of the two top contenders for the Senate Presidency, Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume, has has arrived at the National Assembly complex.
Just days to the inauguration of the National Assembly, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has warned Nigerians against allowing Ahmed Lawan become the President of the ninth Senate.
The immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and other Peoples Democratic Party Senators-elect have endorsed Senator Ahmad Lawan as Senate President.
With about 72 hours to inauguration of the 9th National Assembly, one of the major contenders for President of the Senate, Senator Danjuma Goje and 60 other senators-elect, have endorsed Senator Ahmad Lawan.
The Bade Emirate in Yobe State on Friday described the withdrawal of Senator Danjuma Goje from the Senate presidential race as statesmanly, patriotic and loyalty for the supremacy of the All Progressives Congress.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has applauded Senator Danjuma Goje (APC-Gombe Central) for stepping down for Senator Ahmad Lawan (APC-Yobe) in the race for Presidency of the 9th Senate.
Former Abia State Governor and Senator-elect, Abia North Senatorial District, Dr. Orji Kalu, has commended Senator Danjuma Goje for dropping his Senate presidency ambition after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
A top contender for Senate Presidency, Senator Danjuma Goje, has revealed why he stepped down for Senator Ahmad Lawan for position in the incoming 9th National Assembly.
President Muhammadu Buhari has prevailed on one of the contestants for the Senate Presidency of the 9th Senate, Danjuma Goje, to withdraw from the race.
Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says his ambition to become President of the Senate in the 9th assembly is a product of deep thinking by his colleagues, senators-elect.
Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says, every senator will count under his watch as President of the Senate in the ninth assembly.
A Civil Society Group, Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative, has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of Senator Danjuma Goje for the Senate presidency of the 9th National Assembly.
Less than four weeks to the inauguration of ninth Senate, a group of All Progressives Congress senators have thrown their weight behind the candidature of Senator Danjuma Goje for the Senate Presidency.
Facts have emerged that Senator Mohammed Danjuma Goje will declare his intention to contest for the Senate Presidency after the passage of the 2019 Budget.
Senators-elect across party lines have rejected plans to foist Open Voting Pattern on lawmakers ahead of the election of the Senate President.