Akpabio Wins Senate President Race
Senator Godswill Akpabio has emerged as President of the 10th Senate.
Akpabio emerged by polling 63 votes to defeat its closest rival, Abdulaziz Yari who polled 46 votes.
Godswill Obot Akpabio CON was born on 9 December 1962, is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as minister for Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 to 2022.
He resigned on 11 May 2022 on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest in the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress.
He previously served as governor of Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2015. Now elected President of the Senate of Nigeria 2023.
