With barely a few hours to the inauguration of the 10 Senate, frontline contenders Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Osita Izunaso, on Monday, met with Godswill Akpabio and allegedly endorsed his bid.
Similarly, President of the 9th Senate, Ahmad Lawan, also met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Godswill Akpabio, where the Yobe Senator promised to deliver the former Akwa Ibom State Governor on Tuesday.
Director-General of Akpabio Campaign Council, Mohammed Ali Ndume, told newsmen that 15 Senators-elect from the South East met with Akpabio, where they reportedly endorsed his candidacy.
With the purported endorsement, Abdulaziz Yari’s bid, may have hit the rocks and his plans of usurping the zoning arrangements, may have failed.
Speaking further, Ndume said former governors from the North, who hitherto refused to support Akpabio, have also made a U-turn. He listed Danjuma Goje, Aliyu Wamakko, Adamu Aliero, among others.
According to him, Sani Musa who had settled for the position of the Deputy President of the Senate, has also stepped down and has endorsed Jibrin Barau.
