Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno South District, has reacted to the nomination of Godswill Akpabio by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee.
According to him, Akpabio’s nomination does not mean that he is the “anointed” candidate of the party for Senate President of the 10th National Assembly as speculated by many.
The lawmaker made the assertion while fielding questions during Arise TV’s morning show.
Truth Live News had reported that APC nominated Akpabio for Senate President and Abbas Tajudeen as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Ndume noted that Akpabio was only a preferred choice of the party which did not make him the automatic leader of the House, adding that the senators would still have to vote to determine the leader of the red chamber.
His words: “I don’t think anointed is the right word to use. The APC has Akpabio as its preferred candidate, that would be a better word.
“Not anointed but preferred candidate. Because if it is anointed then it is fait accompli, which is not the case. We have to go into the chamber and vote, and it can go anywhere.
He maintained that Akpabio is going to be first among the equals as president of the senate. It is going to take the remaining 108 of us to restore integrity to the Senate.