Speculations turn reality as Akpabio meets Buhari in London ahead of defection to APC

President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Godswill Akpabio in London

Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio met vacationing President Muhammadu Buhari in London today, four days before he crosses over to the All Progressives Congress.

Issues discussed were not diclosed.

The Nation also reports that, Akpabio had met Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Thursday and also national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos.

Akpabioโ€™s decision to leave the PDP has dampened PDP celebration over the defection of a dozen senators, three governors and some 30 members of the House of Representatives, who hitherto were members of the All Progressives Congress.

He is scheduled to switch to the APC in Ikot Ekpene on 9 August.

Akpabio was governor of oil-rich Akwa Ibom state from 2007-2015. He was elected a Senator in 2015 and was chosen as the minority leader for the Peoples Democratic Party senators.

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