10th Senate Leadership: Akpabio Holds Meeting with Kalu and Izunaso as Lawan Consults with Tinubu. Ahead of the election for the presiding officers of the 10th National Assembly, the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the senate presidency, Godswill Akpabio, convened a closed-door meeting on Monday with Orji Kalu and Osita Izunaso, who are also vying for the position.CONTINUE READING>>>...CONTINUE READING
While specific details of the meeting remain limited at the time of this report, sources within Mr. Akpabio’s camp revealed that the two aspirants had mutually agreed to withdraw from the race and pledged their support to the former Akwa Ibom governor.
Orji Kalu and Osita Izunaso hail from Abia and Imo States in the South-east region, respectively. Like Mr. Akpabio, they are members of the APC. Previously, they had voiced their dissatisfaction, accusing President Bola Tinubu and the party’s leadership of unfairness for endorsing Mr. Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin from Kano North as the candidates for the positions of senate president and deputy senate president without consulting them and other aspirants.
As the election for the 10th Senate leadership approaches, the outcome of the meeting between Akpabio, Kalu, and Izunaso adds an intriguing dimension to the dynamics of the race, though further details are yet to emerge.CONTINUE READING>>>
