The Office of the Senate President has refuted claims that Godswill Akpabio promised to secure All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets for senators who lost their primaries ahead of the 2027 general elections.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Akpabio’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, described the reports as misleading and a misrepresentation of the Senate President’s remarks.
Eyiboh clarified that Akpabio neither made nor authorised any such promise to guarantee tickets for the affected senators.
“What the President of the Senate actually said, in the course of interacting with his colleagues, was to empathise with senators who were affected negatively by the outcome of their primary elections,” the statement read.
Akpabio had sympathised with his colleagues and assured them that the APC leadership was actively working to address issues arising from the primaries.
He noted that the final list of candidates would be released in due course in line with
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