Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been elected as the Senate President of the tenth Assembly.
The senator from Kano South, Jibrin Barau, who won the election as the Deputy Senate President, was paired with Akpabio, who is the APC’s favored candidate.
Orji Kalu is standing for deputy to Abdulaziz Yari, the ninth Senate’s Chief Whip, who is the former governor of Zamfara.
The election began before 9 a.m. as opposed to the scheduled time of 10 a.m.
The session is being presided over by National Assembly Clerk Sani Tambuwal, who is present in the Senate Chamber. The clerk has made a nominations request.
Ali Ndume, the senator-elect for Borno South, proposed Godswill Akpabio, the senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North-East, to be the Senate’s president. The nomination was accepted by Akpabio. While Abdulaziz Yari, senator-elect for Zamfara West, was proposed by Elisha Abbo, senator-elect for Adamawa North.
The senators objected that Yari, a first-time senator, was not permitted to run for office.
Two members from each team arrived to count the ballots after the legislators cast them alphabetically.
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