Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned his appointment.
Akpabio resigned on Wednesday evening hours after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered Cabinet members and other appointees seeking political offices.
Earlier,reports had said that the Niger Delta Minister had withdrawn his expression of interest to contest the 2023 presidential election, his media aide , Jackson Udom dismissed the reports as a joke taken too far saying that Akpabio has resigned and would submit his nomination form to the International Conference Center (ICC) Abuja.
In a statement ,Udom said” Our attention has been drawn to mischievously written news stories making the rounds for paid agents of some politicians that the leading presidential aspirant, Senator Godswill Akpabio has purportedly withdrawn from the presidential race.This is a joke taken too far.
” This is certainly the handiwork of those who are scared of contesting against Senator Godswill Akpabio.
” Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned his appointment as Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry and will soon submit his nomination form at the International Conference Center, Abuja,in line with his party’s guidelines.
” For those behind the 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”.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in the National Executive Council ( NEC) meeting on Wednesday given marching orders to political appointees aspiring for elective offices to tender their resignation by Monday, May16.
