Senate President Godswill Akpabio has joked about Bauchi Central Senator Abdul Ningi’s silence on the Edo governorship election.
He said Ningi did not raise his hands up for the first time to comment on the election on the floor of the Senate for fear of being sanctioned by his political party, the PDP.
Akpabio made the comments during the plenary on Wednesday after the senators allowed Governor Monday Okpebholo into the chamber to bid them farewell.
Okpebholo served as the senator representing Edo Central for two years before his inauguration as governor on November 12.
After the governor entered the chamber, Akpabio said the APC senators were happy with him, but the opposition senators were not.
“This side (majority senators) is excited because they won. This side (minority senators) is quiet because they still can’t believe that they lost. But I must say that even here, some are indifferent because their political party did not contest, that is APGA.
“For the first time, Senator Ningi did not raise his hand because he does not want to make the mistake of saying something, and when he leaves here, his political party will go and sanction him,” he said.
Recently, the Senate Caucus of the PDP claimed that the candidate of the party Asue Ighodalo won the September 21 Edo governorship election.
The caucus led by the Senate Minority Leader Abba Moro insisted that the PDP’s mandate was stolen in the state and vowed that the party would work hard to retrieve it.
