Akpabio Emerges Senate President, Defeats Yari

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio has been elected the President of the 10th National Assembly.

He roundly trounced Senator Abdul’aziz Yari to emerge the new Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Tuesday.

The ex – Governor of Ibom governor was returned elected as President of the 10th Senate after polling 63 votes defeating Senator Yari who scored 46 votes.

Akpabio becomes the first South-Southerner to be elected President of the Senate since Nigeria got its independence in 1960.

Senator Akpabio was subsequently sworn in as the President of the Senate for the 10th National Assembly, succeeding Senator Ahmad Lawan, who is also a member of the 10th Senate.