Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio resigns
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has resigned his appointment as a federal minister in the country.
This development came hours after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered his cabinet members pursuing elective positions in 2023 to drop their resignation letters.
Six ministers have shown interests in the 2023 presidency, two eyeing guber aspirations in their states and one aspiring to represent her constituency in the senate.
The Informant247 had reported that Emeka Nawijuba, Minister of State for Education, resigned earlier in the day.
The minister through a statement made available by Jackson Udom, his media aide, said, “Our attention has been drawn to mischievously written news stories making the rounds by paid agents of some politicians, that the leading presidential aspirant, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has purportedly withdrawn from the presidential race. This is a joke carried too far.
“This is certainly the handiwork of those who are scared of contesting against Senator Godswill Akpabio.
“Senator Akpabio has resigned his appointment as Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry and will soon submit his nomination form at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, in line with his party’s guidelines.
“For those behind this lies and falsehood, we advise that they should learn to live with the reality, that Senator Akpabio is fully in the race, not only for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket, but to emerge the next democratically elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
