“Akpabio will be next senate president” — Governor Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has said that Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs and former Governor of Akwa Ibom state is the next Senate President.

Ganduje said this during a meeting with Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state in Calabar.

Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, was also present at the meeting. The Kano state Governor said;

“The senate president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will come from the south-south and it is no other person than the former governor of Akwa Ibom.

“The uncommon governor, the uncommon minister who is going to be the uncommon president of the senate. So we have resolved that.

“I am giving you assurance, we are waiting for the D-Day that he will be the senate president of Nigeria.”