Senate Presidency: Akpabio woos leaders of opposition parties

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Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin met with Labour Party and NNPP leaders separately in their national secretariats in Abuja on Wednesday.

The campaign team known as Stability Group was led on the visits to leaders of the opposition parties by the APC choice for Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, and the senator representing Kano North District of Kano, Barau Jibrin, who has also been endorsed by the party for deputy Senate president.

“In the house, we are blind to party affiliations and that’s why we are moving to meet our leaders. I thank you for receiving us. I want to thank your national leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, for the meeting he is having with our president-elect, He said the gesture was unusual in politics for the ruling party to seek support from the opposition.

“We aren’t comfortable with the processes leading to the victory of your candidate. This isn’t the forum to ventilate that, but I need to put that on record,” he said.

 

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