Godswill Akpabio, a senator and immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom state, and his successor, Emmanuel Udom, on Saturday paid a courtesy call on former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun state.
The duo arrived at Obasanjo’s residence at about 2.48 pm in company of a former prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Sunday Mbang, and other state officials.
The team immediately proceeded into a closed-door meeting, which ended at about 4.05 pm.
Addressing journalists after the meeting, Udom said he was in Abeokuta to pay homage and to thank Obasanjo, whom he consulted before the general election.
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“I have come to show gratitude and respect for someone whom I regard as a father and whose advice I regard as invaluable and which also contributed to my victory at the polls,” he said.
The governor said his predecessor laid a solid foundation upon which he would build and move the state to greater heights.
He maintained that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained the greatest party in Africa and would provide a credible and formidable opposition to the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) in order to move the nation forward.
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Akpabio, who also addressed newsmen, said he was positively disposed to calls for a reduction in the cost of governance.
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Obasanjo now Nigeria’s Deputy President, something GEJ refused to let him be.
You seem to underestimate Buhari.When they all support Buhari,they knew he was stubborn and rigid. Akpabio is wasting his time becasue he doesn’t know Obasanjo.