Senator Godswill Akpabio has emerged as the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly after defeating Senator Abdul’aziz Yari from Zamfara State from North West Nigeria
The Akpabio who is the annointed candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 63 voted as against the former governor of Zamfara who scored 46 votes during inauguration of the tenth Senate on Tuesday inside the hallow chamber of the National Assemby in Abuja
The former Senate Minority Leader and two-term ex-governor of Akwa-Ibom becomes the first South-Southerner to be elected President of the Senate in the political history of the country
Similarly Senator Jibrin Barau, another choice of the APC emerged as Deputy Senate President of the 10th National Assembly with out being opposed
Senator Dave Umahi from Ebonyi State had nominated Senator Barau as Deputy Senate President and read his citation after which the nominee accepted the nomination.
The Clerk of the Red Chamber who later called for further nominations with no response from the floor, then declared Senator Jibrin Barau as Deputy Senate President unopposed.
Senator Barau was thereafter sworn in as Deputy Senate President of the 10th National Assembly.
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