Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator George Akume
Senate
Minority Leader, George Akume, has denied meeting with the national
leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over his
bid to become the next Senate president.
Akume also denied reports that he was
gunning for the position of Senate president as he was busy attending to
pressing national issues.
The former Governor of Benue State said
in a statement by his media aide, Mrs. Beckie Orpin, that he did not
meet with Tinubu on Tuesday but attended the 8th National Assembly
retreat and later held meetings with his colleagues in Abuja.
He
said, “For the avoidance of doubt, Senator Akume along with other
senators-elect received the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, at the
ongoing 8th National Assembly retreat at the International Conference
Centre, Abuja in the morning of April 29.
“The Senate minority leader later held
other meetings with colleagues up till the early hours of Thursday. The
Senate minority leader is not pre-occupied with positions for now but
rather, he is conferring with his colleagues on the need to work for the
betterment of the lives of the good people of Nigeria and to have a
vibrant National Assembly.”
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