By Kamil Opeyemi
The outgoing Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed that the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has been sealed as the next Senate President of Nigeria.
Ganduje revealed this in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Thursday while speaking during a courtesy visit to his Cross River counterpart, Prof. Ben Ayade.
According to Ganduje, the decision to nominate Akpabio was already a done deal.
“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,” Ganduje said.
On his part, Ayade expressed gratitude for the choice of Akpabio.
“I want to thank you so much for zoning the Senate President to the South-South and to our brother from a neighbouring state who is also part of Cross River state,” the governor said.
“We want to thank you for this great opportunity because our dream of a Bakassi seaport is becoming very real.”
Akpabio and Orji Kalu, a former governor of Abia state, are among the front runners from the south for the Senate President seat.