The former governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio declared that if his seat is declared vacant, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s seat as Senate President must be declared vacant as well.
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He said he was not perturbed by the report over the alleged plot to declare his seat vacant.
The Akwa Ibom North West senator insisted that if the Senate President declares his seat vacant, Saraki’s seat should also be declared vacant especially when there is no division in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Asked if he is perturbed about reports that his seat might be declared vacant due to his defection to the APC, Akpabio said:
“Even as you are looking at me, do I look perturbed? I have not heard the report. Because the reason why I think that is a rumour is that there is, at the moment, no division in the APC.
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“The APC is one family. If you hear about R-APC that was not really a political party that was not a division, has since been consumed in what they call Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP).
“So, there is no division. And so, any defection from APC to PDP, we will like to declare those seats vacant.â€
On the insistence of the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole that Saraki should be removed if he refused to resign and whether they are mobilising for the impeachment, Akpabio said
He said: “I just came in from Ikot-Ekpene, (Akwa Ibom State) where I decided with my people to join the APC. I’m yet to be briefed on any of those items.
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“I have not heard anything. And what I am hearing now is what you are telling me. But why don’t you wait for me to formally talk to you. I believe that when the National Assembly resumes you will hear from me directly. So, exercise patience.â€
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