The immediate past Minister of Niger DeltaAffairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has stated that Senate President Ahmad Lawan is against him emerging as the President of the 10th National Assembly.
According to Akpabio, Lawan led some senators to President-elect Bola Tinubu to thwart his bid to be Senate President.
Speaking to Leadership, the former SenateMinority Whip said Lawan led a team to Tinubu to discredit him.
He said, despite the “antics of Lawan and his co-travelers, I remain the main person to beat, and I am in the race to win.
“No one can discredit me before the president-elect, who knows me very well and can vouch for my integrity. Senator Lawan and his cohorts are merely wasting their time.”
He revealed that he visited Lawan in his residence shortly after the Senate president met with Tinubu for a possible truce.
The former Akwa Ibom State Governor said he was accompanied to the parley by SenatorsOpeyemi Bamidele, Solomon Olamilekan, Jibrin Barau, and Tokunbo Abiru but that Lawan rebuffed all pleas for peace.
He said: “SP is reacting over the outcome of the APC presidential convention where I publicly withdrew and declared for the president-elect, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am proud to belong to the most prestigious club in the world – the Senate.”
Revealing what transpired at Lawan’s residence, Akpabio told the platform, “Myself, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, Sen. Barau Jibrin. Sen. Yayi (Solomon Olamilekan) and Sen. TOS (Tokunbo Abiru) all prostrated and pleaded with him (Lawan) to forgive whatever mistakes or misgivings he felt I had committed and to support the aspiration.
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