Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been elected as the president for the 10th Senate.
Mr Akpabio polled 63 votes to defeat his contender, Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, who secured 46 votes. The voting, which started around 8:45 a.m. at the floor of the Senate was coordinated by the Clerk of the Senate.Mr Akpabio will be the 9th president of the Senate since the beginning of the Fourth Republic.Mr Jibrin was elected unopposed.Details later…..
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