- Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom, declares that Muhammadu Buhari will win massively in the state
- Akpabio, now a senator, says the government of Buhari has benefited the state more than those of the PDP
- He declares that this is the time to reciprocate Buhari's gesture
Senator Godswill Akpabio representing Akwa Ibom North-West district, has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will record a massive victory in Akwa Ibom State in the 2019 presidential election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpabio, alongside Senator Ita Enang, an aide to the president on National Assembly matters (Senate), led delegation from Akwa Ibom state APC on a courtesy visit to Buhari at the presidential villa on Monday, September 17.
Akpabio later told journalists that Akwa Ibom state would be the first state to fall for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.
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“I believe strongly in the saying, `res ipsa loquitor’, the act speaks for itself.
“From the caliber of personages you saw here today, the strength and character of the delegation, the capacities of the personalities you saw, it is clear that President Buhari will win Akwa Ibom state come 2019 general elections.
“He will not only win, he will win with a landslide; I can predict that the first state in Nigeria to fall to the APC in 2019 presidential election is Akwa Ibom state.
“Nobody can controvert it; I say so with authority because I have the backing of my people to pronounce it - victory for APC and victory for Buhari come 2019 in Akwa Ibom state," he said.
He said that he was the governor of Akwa Ibom for eight years and could not remember one kilometre of road that was done by the federal government in the state.
The senator said that in terms of appointments, Akwa Ibom state had benefited more from Buhari’s administration than it did from 1999 to 2015 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration.
Akpabio said that Akwa Ibom was always taken for a strong PDP state; hence it was taken for granted under PDP administration.
“This president went out of his way to give our children the opportunity to have very sensitive appointments at the federal level.
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“When I was a governor, we had a minister of state for many years but today we have a full fledged minister of budget and national planning and a lot of other appointments.
“We are very satisfied and we believe we have to reciprocate this gesture by voting solidly for Buhari,’’ he said.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that the former minority leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Source: Naija.ng
