Akpabio Declares Support for Tinubu, Gives Reason

The former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has pledged to mobilise grassroots support in Akwa Ibom and beyond for the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Akpabio, who is APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North West, said making Tinubu the next president is a task that must be accomplished for the security and prosperity of Nigeria, The Nation reported.

Speaking at the inauguration of his campaign council, Akpabio urged all members of APC to go to all nooks and crannies of the State to canvass for votes for Tinubu, himself and all other candidates of the party.

He said:

“I was planning to come back to this State as your president. When I assessed the APC, I noticed that we needed peace and unity in the party and since the Northern Governors in their show of patriotism, have decided that power should come to the south, I had to give my support to one of the founding fathers of the party and a man with vision and mission, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” 

According to the former Senate Minority Leader, ” the people of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District will support their son, Senator Godswill Akpabio in 2023.”