The All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus candidate for the 10th Senate Presidency and immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godswill Akpabio on Sunday reached out to Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a bid to strengthen his support base for his election on the floor of the Senate in June .
Akpabio who was accompanied by Senator-elects across party divides who have signed to support his bid said they have on their side 69 Senators who have elected to support his ticket as Senate President.
Akpabio said the meeting with Sanwo-Olu was in consultation to build up support, stating “all prayer and no works would not be good”.
He said the group which assigned to his support is reaching out large, expecting no less than 85 to 86 signatures before June when the election at the Senate would take place.
“This is multidimensional and nationalistic in all ramifications and that is the same way Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was elected by all Nigerians across party lines, sectional, religious lines and divide,” he said.
He said there was hardly anything the group would have done without Sanwo-Olu’s knowledge, adding that the assurance is a confidence that those who have not agreed yet to the decision are coming to agree.
“Today, we about 69 in numbers and ita still growing. We believe by June we expect this group two rise about 85/86 and all I know is that we are going to win,” he said.
Speaking Sanwo-Olu who received the group said he hoped the 10th Assembly would be about “shaping new course, breaking records” to surpass and improve on the antecedents of the 9th Assembly.
He described the group comprising of member elects across party divides as “a well thought out group.”
He extended warmth embrace to the Senators-elect, saying they have “displayed high sense of responsibility and that’s what had brought you thus far.”
He however charged them to ,upon inauguration, work for the good of the people who have elected them as their representatives, so they can reap the dividends of democracy.
“We know that indeed you are best in class because the last elections indeed shows that you have to be good to your people for you to have emerged successful. So I can tell you that whatever part of country you just have emerged from you are best in class and I’m sure your people must have seen something outstanding in all of you and that brings me to the fact that you cannot bring down that trust and that expectations of your people,” he said.
